* This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting. [Call to Order] [00:00:02] WELCOME TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETING OF FEBRUARY 24TH, 2025. I'M CHERYL SMITH, CHAIR OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION. THIS MEETING OF THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION IS HEREBY CALL BACK TO ORDER AT 6:30 PM THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION MEETS THE SECOND AND FOURTH MONDAY OF EACH MONTH. ALL MEETINGS ARE VIDEO RECORDED. NO OFFICIAL ACTION CAN BE TAKEN UNLESS PROPER APPLICATION HAS BEEN SUBMITTED THROUGH THE PLANNING DEPARTMENT. THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION FOLLOWS A PRINTED AGENDA THAT IS AVAILABLE ONLINE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS ARE ROUTINE ITEMS WHICH CAN ALL BE APPROVED IN ONE MOTION. HOWEVER, ANY MEMBER OF THE COMMISSION MAY MAKE A MOTION TO INDIVIDUALLY CONSIDER AN ITEM FROM THE PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA. INDIVIDUALS MAY ADDRESS THE COMMISSION ON ANY ITEMS ON TODAY'S AGENDA. TO SPEAK ON AN ITEM OR NOTE YOUR SUPPORT OR OPPOSITION WITHOUT SPEAKING, PLEASE FILL OUT A REQUEST TO SPEAK CARD. THESE CARDS ARE AVAILABLE AT THE COUNTER AND SHOULD BE TURNED IN AT THE BACK OF THE ROOM PRIOR TO THE FIRST AGENDA ITEM BEING CALLED, I WILL NOW CONDUCT A ROLL CALL OF MEMBERS TO CONFIRM THE PRESENCE OF A QUORUM. AT I CALL YOUR NAME, PLEASE SAY HERE, CHERYL SMITH. HERE. TY CHAPMAN. HERE. MICHELLE MADDEN. CHRISTOPHER OLEY. HERE. FRANK GONZALEZ. HERE. JANIE MENDEZ. ARI HERE. VICTOR MEDINA. JOHN FKO. HERE. ANGELA LUCKY VAUGHN. HERE, LET THE RECORDS REFLECT THAT ALL MEMBERS ARE PRESENT EXCEPT FOR MICHELLE MADDEN AND VICTOR MEDINA. AND NOW WE WILL HAVE THE INVOCATION BY COMMISSIONER, COMMISSIONER, UH, FRANK GONZALEZ. AND THEN WE WILL HAVE THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE BY, UH, COMMISSIONER JANIE ARI, LET'S PRAY. HEAVENLY FATHER, WE COME BEFORE YOU WITH GRATEFUL HEARTS, SEEKING YOUR WISDOM, YOUR GUIDANCE, AND DISCERNMENTS AS WE GATHER TO MAKE DECISIONS FOR THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY AND THE PRIVILEGE TO SERVE THIS COMMUNITY AND FOR ENTRUSTING US WITH A RESPONSIBILITY OF PLANNING FOR ITS FUTURE. LORD, WE ASK YOU FOR YOUR PRESENCE IN THIS MEETING. MAY OUR DISCUSSIONS BE FILLED WITH WISDOM, FAIRNESS, AND INTEGRITY. HELP US TO MAKE DECISIONS THAT PROMOTE GROWTH, SAFETY, AND PROSPERITY FOR ALL WHO CALL THE CITY THEIR HOME. LET US BE MINDFUL OF THE NEEDS OF OUR RESIDENTS, THE WELLBEING OF OUR BUSINESSES, AND THE PRESERVATION OF OUR COMMUNITY VALUES. GRANT US CLARITY IN OUR DELIBERATIONS, UNITY AND PURPOSE AND RESPECT FOR ONE ANOTHER'S PERSPECTIVES. MAY WE LEAD WITH HUMILITY AND A HEART TO SERVE. ALWAYS SEEKING WHAT IS BEST FOR THE PEOPLE OF THIS CITY. BLESS OUR LEADERS, CITY OFFICIALS AND CITIZENS. AND MAY ALL THAT WE DO HERE TODAY BE PLEASING IN YOUR SIGHT. IT IS IN YOUR HOLY NAME WE PRAY. AMEN. AMEN. THE MARK. I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG FOR THE UNITED, UNITED STATES, STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVIDUAL, THE LIBERTY, LIBERTY AND JUSTICE. ALL I HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG, HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG FLAG FLAG. I HAVE PLEDGING THAT THIS TO THE TEXAS ONE STATE UNDER GOD. ONE INDIVISIBLE. THIS, THIS CHAIR, IN AN EFFORT TO MINIMIZE DISRUPTIONS, THE FOLLOWING MEETING GUIDELINES WILL APPLY. THE STAFF WILL PRESENT FIRST ON ANY AGENDA ITEM. FOLLOWING A BRIEF PRESENTATION BY STAFF, APPLICANTS WILL HAVE A COMBINED TOTAL OF 30 MINUTES TO PRESENT. ONCE THE APPLICANT HAS SPOKEN, EACH MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC WHO FILLS OUT A SPEAKER CARD WILL HAVE FIVE MINUTES TO SPEAK ON THE ITEM. ADDITIONAL SPEAKING TIME MAY BE ALLOWED AT THE DISCRETION OF THE CHAIRMAN BEFORE SPEAKING. SPEAKERS SHOULD GIVE THEIR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD ALONG WITH WHOM YOU REPRESENT. IF APPLICABLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK ON A TOPIC NOT LISTED ON THE AGENDA SHOULD SPEAK UNDER THE HEADING OF CITIZEN COMMENTS. STAFF WILL BE AVAILABLE TO RESPOND TO QUESTIONS FOLLOWING PRESENTATION OF EACH ITEM AT THIS TIME, CITIZENS MAY SPEAK FOR UP TO FIVE MINUTES ON ANY ITEM, NOT ON THE AGENDA. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKERS FOR CITIZEN'S COMMENTS? THANK YOU. WE HAVE NO SPEAKERS FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS. THE NEXT MATTER FOR [PUBLIC HEARING CONSENT AGENDA] CONSIDERATION IS APPROVING THE CONSENT AGENDA. COMMISSIONER FCO. MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC CON HEARING CONSENT AGENDA FOR ITEMS ONE THROUGH THREE. A SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE THE PUBLIC CONSENT AGENDA ITEMS BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER FRANK GONZALEZ. ALL [00:05:01] IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE [4. STP-25-01-0003 - Site Plan - Wildlife Pickleball (City Council District 1). Site Plan for six pickleball courts, a restroom building, and associated parking to serve as the open space requirement for the Wildlife Commerce Park industrial development. Lot 3, Block 7, Wildlife Commerce Park, City of Grand Prairie, Dallas County, Texas, zoned PD-217C, within the SH 161 Corridor Overlay District, and addressed as 705 W Wildlife Pkwy] PLEASE. NEXT ITEM IS WILDLIFE PICKLEBALL. YOU CAN SEE THE LOCATION OUTLINED IN YELLOW ON THE SCREEN. UH, THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A SITE PLAN FOR SIX PICKLEBALL COURTS, A RESTROOM BUILDING AND ASSOCIATED PARKING. UH, THIS IS CONSIDERED AN ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE REQUIRED OPEN SPACE, UH, FOR AN INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. UH, THEY ORIGINALLY HAD, UH, TRAILS AND A WATER FEATURE, AND THEY ARE PROPOSING TO REPLACE THE WATER FEATURE WITH THE PICKLEBALL, COURTS RESTROOM AND PARKING. UM, I WILL NOTE THAT THE SITE PLAN IS SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. UH, THEY'RE PROVIDING A 10 FOOT, UH, TRAIL ALONG THE FRONT OF THE PROPERTY, WHICH TIES INTO AN EXISTING TRAIL THAT RUNS THROUGHOUT THAT OVERALL INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT. UH, ONCE THE PICKLEBALL COURTS AND PARKING ARE CONSTRUCTED, IT WOULD BE DEDICATED TO THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE FOR, UH, MAINTENANCE, MAINTENANCE AND OWNERSHIP. UH, THEY ARE MEETING OUR LANDSCAPING REQUIREMENTS. THEY DID PROVIDE SOME ALTERNATIVE COMPLIANCE FOR THE SHRUBS. UH, THEY WORKED WITH OUR PARKS DEPARTMENT TO DETERMINE WHAT PLANTINGS AND WHERE WOULD WORK BEST WITH THEIR MAINTENANCE CAPABILITIES. AND THESE ARE THE PROPOSED BUILDING ELEVATIONS AND THE DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS APPROVAL. WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONERS, ANY QUESTIONS FOR SAVANNAH? YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB IN THE BRIEFING. THANK YOU. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? WE HAVE NO SPEAKER CARDS. AND THIS IS A DISTRICT ONE. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE HAVE A MOTION? IF I MAY DO, I WILL GIVE YOU A MOTION, BUT I'D LIKE TO JUST ASK ONE QUESTION. YES. OF MR. HUNTSMAN ACTUALLY. OKAY. IS THIS GOES BY WILDLIFE PARKWAY? IS THAT THE ROAD THAT'S BEING EXTENDED OVER TO 1 61? YES. OH, THEN I'M DEFINITELY THIS PROJECT, WELL, THEY'RE BUILDING AN EXTENSION OVER TO 'CAUSE IT, YOU KNOW, OTHERWISE YOU'D HAVE TO GO ALL THE WAY DOWN TO BELTLINE. THIS WILL BE A VERY ACCESSIBLE, UH, SET OF PICKLEBALL COURTS. VERY GOOD. THAT'S WHAT WE NEED TO HEAR BECAUSE THIS IS YOUR AREA. AND IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM BEFORE WE MAKE A MOTION? NO. COMMISSIONER. SO, MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT, EXCUSE ME, WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ITEM NUMBER FOUR, UM, FOR DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. I SECOND. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM FOUR BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE, PLEASE. [Items 5 & 6] GOOD EVENING. COMMISSIONERS. THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE AND ITEM NUMBER SIX ARE COMPANION ITEMS. I'LL COVER THEM BOTH. SO THE ITEM NUMBER FIVE IS CPA 2 5 0 2 0 0 0 4. THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE AMENDMENT FOR DUNCAN PERRY INDUSTRIAL. SO THE REQUEST IS TO AMEND THE COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. IT IS CURRENTLY SHOWN AS MIXED USE, WHICH IS INDICATED IN BLUE. THEY'RE REQUESTING IT TO BE CHANGED TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. SO THE STAFF IS UNABLE ABLE TO SUPPORT THE ZONE TEAMS BECAUSE IT'S NOT ALIGNING WITH THE CURRENT FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, WE WANNA POINT OUT THAT THIS IS GENERALLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING LAND USES. ONE THING THAT I FORGOT TO MENTION DURING THE BRIEFING IS THAT THIS LAND WAS ORIGINALLY ACTUALLY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING BEFORE A PD FOR A MULTI-FAMILY WAS APPROVED IN 1983. AND THEN LATER ON, BECAUSE THERE WAS NO MULTIFAMILY BEING BUILT, UM, SOMEONE CAME IN AND SAID, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO CHANGE IT TO COMMERCIAL TO SEE IF WE CAN ATTRACT DIFFERENT, UH, USERS. HOWEVER, BOTH PDS, WE NEVER SAW DEVELOPMENT COME IN. SO THE NEXT ITEM IS ITEM NUMBER SIX, WHICH IS ZON 25 0 1 0 0 0 2. THIS IS A ZONE CHANGE WITH A CONCEPT PLAN ATTACHED. SO AGAIN, THE PROPERTY LISTED IS LOCATED TO THE WEST OF 1 61 SOUTH OF I 30. THEY ARE CURRENTLY ZONED PD THREE 12 FOR COMMERCIAL USE. THIS IS A REQUEST TO ADOPT A CONCEPT PLAN FOR A SPECULATIVE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE. AS I POINTED OUT, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THIS IS TOWARD THE EDGE OF THE CITY LIMITS, BUT IN CITY OF ARLINGTON, THERE IS ALREADY A PRETTY SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF SMALL TO MEDIUM, UH, OFFICE WAREHOUSES. SO IT IS SURROUNDED BY A TOWN OF DEVELOPMENT AND MULTIFAMILY TO THE SOUTH. AND A, UH, PUBLIC STOR, UH, SORRY, THE SELF STORAGE IS AT THE CORNER. SO THE APPLICANT IS PROPOSING TO BUILD ONE OFFICE WAREHOUSE THAT'S ABOUT THREE OH, UH, 1 0 3 K SQUARE FEET. UM, THE TRUCK COURT IS ACTUALLY LOCATED HERE STRATEGICALLY BECAUSE THIS IS NEAR THE, UH, OPEN AREA THAT THEY HAVE TO PRESERVE BECAUSE THEY'RE PART OF THE FLOODPLAIN. ALSO, THEY HAVE A WIDE UTILITY EASEMENT TO THE, UH, EAST THAT CREATES A DISTANCE FROM A SEPARATION FROM THE ESTABLISHED TOWN HOME DEVELOPMENT. THEY ARE ALSO ALLOWING THE, UH, EMPLOYEE ENTRY TO FACE THE MULTI-FAMILY DEVELOPMENT SO THAT THE MULTI-FAMILY [00:10:01] WILL HAVE A 25 FOOT BUILDING BEFORE THEY REACH THE TRUCK CORD IN THE BACK. SO HERE ARE SOME OF THE CONCEPT ELEVATIONS. SO BECAUSE OF THEIR LOCATION, THE ELEVATION SHOWN ON THIS CORNER WILL BE ACTUALLY WHAT'S VISIBLE FROM WEST TARN. I WILL JUST SHOW YOU, YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE TRUCK COURT BEHIND AND THE BUILDING. SO THIS, THIS WILL BE THE MAIN, UH, FACE YOU WILL SEE. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THEIR DECORATIVE ENTRY WITH, UM, CANOPIES AND OTHER GLAZING. HERE'S CONCEPT ELEVATIONS FOR THE TRUCK COURT AND OTHER ELEVATIONS THAT WILL BE VISIBLE FROM THE MULTIFAMILY. SO BASICALLY THEY WOULD LIKE TO ATTRACT A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL END USERS. SO THEY'RE ASKING FOR THE USES, UH, BELOW TO BE, UM, PERMITTED WITH THIS PD, WHICH INCLUDES LIGHT MANUFACTURING CONTRACTOR SHOP WITH SOME STORAGE DISTRIBUTION CENTERS, WAREHOUSES, WHOLESALE SUPPLY MACHINERY AND TOOL, WHICH IS TYPICAL IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES. AGAIN, AS I MENTIONED, THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH COUNCIL MEMBERS TO MAKE SURE THAT THE USE THAT, UM, THEY FEEL CONCERNED ABOUT, SUCH AS ANY USERS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH SOME AUTOMOTIVE OR SALVAGING AND HEAVY TRUCKS. THEY'RE TRYING TO PROHIBIT THOSE USES AS PART OF THE PD. WITH THAT BEING SAID, UM, STAFF IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE ZONE CHANGE BECAUSE OF THE LAN MAP. HOWEVER, UH, WE JUST WANNA NOTE THE TWO THINGS THAT THIS IS CONSISTENT WITH THE EXISTING LANE USES AND THE LAND WAS ORIGINALLY ZONED LIGHT INDUSTRIAL AT ONE POINT. UM, AGAIN, IF YOU ARE TO RECOMMEND APPROVAL OF BOTH CPA AND THE ZONE CHANGE STAFF REQUESTED, UM, CONDITION TO BE PUT IN TO ALLOW THE SOUTHERN DRIVEWAY TO BE REVIEWED AGAIN DURING SITE PLAN PROCESS SO THAT THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT CAN EITHER APPROVE THE REMOVAL OF IT OR OTHER ARRANGEMENT WITH THEIR VARIANCE PROCESS DURING A SITE PLAN. THIS NEEDS MORE IN-DEPTH STUDY WITH DIMENSIONS PROVIDED AND OTHER THINGS. SO THEY JUST WANTED TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO ADDRESS THAT LATER ON. THIS CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. THE APPLICANT IS HERE AND THEY HAVE PREPARED A PRESENTATION BEFORE I HAND IT OVER TO THE APPLICANT. DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR STAFF COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FOR DARCO? JUNE, JUST TO CONFIRM, YES, IT'S THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF THAT POLYGON THAT HAS THE, UH, MULTIFAMILY YES. YES, SIR. AND IT'S THE EASTERN SIDE THAT HAS THE SINGLE FAMILY HOUSE? YES, SIR. THANK YOU. YES, SIR. I I DID HAVE ONE, ONE QUESTION. MM-HMM . UH, IT, IT, IT APPEARS THAT THERE'S BEEN NO INTEREST IN, IN PUTTING ANY, ANY, UM, MULTIFAMILY THERE. MM-HMM . IS THAT WHAT, WHAT'S THE I I I THINK THAT'S PART OF IT IN MY, TO BE HONEST WITH YOU, IN STAFF'S OPINION, IT MIGHT BE THAT THE REALLY WHY FLOODPLAIN MIGHT HAVE BEEN A CHALLENGE TO SOME DEVELOPERS. MM-HMM. RIGHT? BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO OBVIOUSLY BUY BY PURCHASE THE ENTIRE PARCEL. HOWEVER, YOU WOULD NOT BE ABLE TO BUILD A STRUCTURE WITHOUT SUBSTANTIAL MONEY SPENT IN, UH, FLOODPLAIN MITIGATION. SO, UM, AGAIN, I THINK THAT MIGHT BE THE REASON WHY SOME OF THESE OTHER PROJECTS NEVER OCCURRED. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. YES, MA'AM. AND THANK YOU FOR THAT. I APPRECIATE THAT. OF COURSE. GREAT PRESENTATION. ANY OTHER QUE ONE ONE MORE QUESTION? YES, COMMISSIONER, UH, GONZALES? YES. THANK YOU, MADAM CHAIR. JUST A, A COMMENT AGAIN, JUST, UH, APPRECIATE THE DUE DILIGENCE ON THE SPECIFIC, UH, USES AS TO WHAT'S PERMITTED MM-HMM . AND WHAT'S PROHIBITED THERE. JUNE, THANK YOU VERY MUCH BECAUSE THAT SHOWS THE LEVEL OF EFFORT AND DETAIL TO SEE WHAT'S RESPECTABLE TO THE NEIGHBORS, THE NORTH HOUSE AND EAST. SO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT. YES, SIR. THEY ARE WORKING CLOSELY WITH THE COUNCIL TO PROHIBIT, UM, YOU KNOW, TRUCK STOPS OR ANYTHING THAT WOULD ATTRACT TOO MUCH TRAFFIC OR TOO MUCH NOISES. SO THEY ARE IN THE PROCESS OF WORKING THROUGH THAT. YES, SIR. THANK YOU. MM-HMM . THANK YOU. JUNE. ANY MORE DISCUSSION, COMMISSIONERS? THANK YOU. OKAY. WE HAVE SPEAKER CARDS. OKAY. SO TYLER THOMAS WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THIS ITEM AS THE CASE SPOKESPERSON. GOOD EVENING. CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? HI, GOOD EVENING. TYLER THOMAS, 1 1 0 3 2 ROSSER ROAD, DALLAS, TEXAS. UH, THANK YOU COMMISSIONERS FOR ALLOWING ME TO COME UP AND PRESENT THIS EVENING. AND THANK YOU JUNE. UH, I'VE BEEN GREAT WORKING WITH YOU THROUGHOUT THIS PROJECT. UM, SO NINE 30 DUNCAN PERRY. UM, WELL, FIRST OFF, I GUESS TYLER THOMAS AT REMONT. I'M THE PRESIDENT OF THE COMMERCIAL DIVISION WITHIN REMONT. SO I OVERSEE ALL INDUSTRIAL RETAIL, UM, DEVELOPMENT FOR, UH, UH, OUR DEVELOPMENT FIRM LOCATED HERE IN DALLAS, TEXAS. UM, LET ME GET THIS RUNNING HERE. SO WE ARE A PRIVATELY HELD DEVELOPMENT FIRM HERE IN DALLAS. UM, WE ARE LOCATED WITH THE DECISION MAKERS, UH, HERE LOCALLY. AND, UM, YOU KNOW, ONE THING TO NOTE ABOUT OUR COMPANY, UM, ALTHOUGH WE ARE A LITTLE ON THE YOUNGER SIDE, UH, WE ARE QUALITY DRIVEN. AND, UH, I WOULD SAY ONE THING TO REITERATE THAT IS, UM, WE BUILD TYPICALLY TO OWN LONG TERM, AND WE HAVE OUR OWN IN-HOUSE GENERAL [00:15:01] CONTRACTING FIRM JUST TO OVERSEE, UH, QUALITY CONTROL AND SAFETY, UM, THROUGHOUT THE DEVELOPMENT PROCESS. SO THE LOCATION, AS JUNE DESCRIBED, IS UNDEVELOPED LAND, UH, HAS NEVER BEEN DEVELOPED. UH, IT IS IN THE SOUTHEAST QUADRANT OF TARRANT ROAD AND DUNCAN PERRY. UH, IT'S SPLIT FAIRLY EVENLY BETWEEN DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FIVE. UM, DESPITE THE PDS FOR DIFFERENT USES OF LIGHT, INDUSTRIAL, MULTIFAMILY AND RETAIL, UM, IT REMAINS UNDEVELOPED, UH, WITH REASONS THAT I WOULD ACCOUNT BEING, UH, THE CHALLENGES THAT THE SITE FACES. UM, SOME OF THOSE ARE GRADING AND TOPOGRAPHY ISSUES TO, UH, EXTENSIVE FLOOD PLAIN THROUGHOUT THE MIDDLE OF THE SITE, AS WELL AS AN EXISTING SANITARY SEWER LINE THAT RUNS DIRECTLY DOWN THE, UH, THE PROPERTY REALLY SPLIT BETWEEN THAT DISTRICT ONE AND DISTRICT FIVE, UH, UH, LINE. SO THESE ARE ALL, UM, I WOULD SAY CHALLENGES OR HURDLES THAT WE'VE UNDER OVERCOME IN OTHER DEVELOPMENTS HERE IN DFW. AND IT'S ONE THAT WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF SINCE OCTOBER. UM, DISCUSSING AND FIGURING OUT WAYS OF WHICH WE COULD, UH, DEVELOP AROUND THIS. SO AS STAFF MENTIONED, UM, I WOULD SAY MOST IMPORTANTLY HERE AT THE, THE MAP YOU'RE SEEING, UM, WE ARE NOT INTRODUCING ANY NEW USES TO THIS AREA. UH, THE SHADING THAT YOU'LL SEE, UM, ON THE CER SURROUNDING AREA, LAND USE, UH, THE RED AND THE PURPLE, UH, MOSTLY TO THE WEST, A LITTLE BIT TO THE SOUTH, UH, SOUTHEAST AND NORTHWEST. UM, THOSE ARE COMMERCIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY INDUSTRIAL USES. UM, THE YELLOW, UH, DIRECTLY TO THE EAST AND TO THE SOUTH AS MENTIONED, THOSE ARE MULTIFAMILY USES, HIGH DENSITY USES. SO ONE OF THE REASONS, UM, THAT, THAT WE BELIEVE THIS SITE IS AN EXCELLENT FIT, UH, FOR THIS AREA. AND WHILE COMMERCIAL USES, UH, TYPICALLY WOULD NOT, UH, UH, BE A GOOD FIT IN THIS LOCATION IS BECAUSE COMMERCIAL USES, SUCH AS THE RETAIL USES AND THINGS THAT DO DRIVE HIGHER TRAFFIC, UM, THIS IS A PRETTY LOW TRAFFIC, LOW IMPACT ROAD. IT'S ONE THAT WE DON'T SEE AS, AS, AS, AS GETTING MUCH TRAFFIC AND ONE THAT WE'RE NOT TRYING TO INCREASE THE TRAFFIC ON WITH THE COMMERCIAL USE. AND SO TYPICALLY COMMERCIAL USES DO BRING MUCH MORE DAILY TRAFFIC, DAILY TRIPS WHEN COMPARED TO THE FLEX LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USES THAT WE ARE PROPOSING. SO WHAT ARE WE BUILDING? WE'RE PROPOSING ONE STANDALONE BUILDING OF APPROXIMATELY 103,000 SQUARE FEET. UM, THIS BUILDING WOULD BE SHALLOW BAY IN NATURE. AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS SHALLOW BAY IS A LITTLE LESS DEEP. IT'S TYPICALLY MORE OF A FLEX LIGHTER INDUSTRIAL USE WHEN COMPARED TO A MUCH DEEPER, LARGE, BIG BOX DISTRIBUTION USER, WHICH WE'VE SEEN THROUGHOUT GSW AND DFW AS A WHOLE. UM, I WOULD SAY ONE THING TO NOTE ON THIS, WHICH I WILL, UH, SHARE A LITTLE BIT MORE ON THE PLAN IS, UM, OUR PARKING RATIO, UH, DEPENDING ON THE ITERATION OF PLAN, WE'RE GONNA BE A VERY HEAVY PARKING RATIO. TYPICALLY PARKED TWO AND A HALF TO THREE TIMES WHAT YOU WOULD SEE IN LIGHT INDUSTRIAL FACILITIES OF THIS SIZE. AND THAT IS BEING, UH, UH, REALLY ALLOWING US TO ACCOMMODATE A LARGER VARIETY OF USES. UH, SOME THAT MAY BE, UH, USES THAT I'LL GET INTO HERE IN JUST A SEC, BUT USES THAT WILL BE A LITTLE BIT MORE HEAVILY, UH, HEADCOUNT AND EMPLOYEE DRIVEN, UM, VERSUS JUST A TRUE DISTRIBUTION USER. SO AS JUNE SHARED, THIS IS OUR SITE PLAN. UH, THIS PLAN NORTH IS ORIENTED TO THE NORTH. SO YOU HAVE DUNCAN PERRY TO THE WEST, UH, MULTIFAMILY TO THE SOUTH, A, UH, A HUNDRED FOOT, UH, ELECTRIC EASE OR, UH, UTILITY EASEMENT TO THE EAST AND THEN SOME TOWN HOMES THERE. UM, I WOULD SAY TWO THINGS THAT I JUST WANT TO IMPORT OUT, UH, OR POINT OUT THAT ARE MOST IMPORTANT TO NOTE IS REALLY THE ORIENTATION OF THE BUILDING. AS STAFF MENTIONED, WE HAVE DESIGNED THIS BUILDING TO PROVIDE MINIMAL IMPACT TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD AND THE SURROUNDING USES. UM, SO WE HAVE HEIGHTENED REALLY THE QUALITY OF OUR EXTERIOR ON THE SOUTH END. AND WE HAVE PROVIDED SCREENING WALLS AND, UH, UH, UH, CURTAIN WALLS ON THE EAST AND WEST SIDE TO, UM, YOU KNOW, VISUALLY ENHANCE AND NOT BE ABLE TO LOOK IN AND SEE IN INTO THE TRUCK COURT WHERE THERE COULD BE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES, BOX TRUCKS, TRAILERS, THINGS OF THAT SORT. SO MOVING ON TO THE BUILDING ELEVATIONS, UM, AS STAFF SHOWED, UH, YOU'LL SEE THE SCREENING WALLS HERE ON THE TOP, JUST THE EAST AND WEST. AND THEN OUR, UH, UH, SOUTHERN ELEVATION, WHICH IS PROBABLY MOST IMPORTANT, WHICH WOULD BE FACING TO DUNCAN PERRY AND TO THE MULTIFAMILY TO THE SOUTH. UH, THE, UH, I, I JUST WANNA POINT OUT THE MULTIPLE ENTRIES THERE, AS WE DO EXPECT THIS AS A BUILDING THAT WE COULD SEE 2, 3, 4 TENANTS EVEN IN AND, AND CHOPPING [00:20:01] THIS UP FOR SMALLER, MORE LOCAL REGIONAL USERS. AND THEN LASTLY, I JUST WANNA SHARE A FEW CONCEPT RENDERINGS, KIND OF, UM, GIVE YOU A BETTER, UH, VISUALIZATION OF WHAT WE'RE LOOKING. UH, THE FIRST CONCEPT IS THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE BUILDING, WHICH WILL BE VISIBLE FROM DUNCAN PERRY. AND THEN THE SECOND CONCEPT RENDERING IS REALLY THAT SOUTH FACADE, WHICH WE'LL BE FACING, THE MULTIFAMILY, YOU CAN SEE THE MULTIPLE ENTRIES THERE AS WELL. SO WHY ARE WE PROPOSING A FLEX OR SHALLOW BAY INDUSTRIAL BUILDING? IT'S BECAUSE THIS PRODUCT TYPE REALLY IS SEEING A SIGNIFICANT GAP IN THE MARKET TODAY. UM, TYPICALLY DEVELOPMENT IN THESE LAST FEW WAVES HAS BEEN VERY BIG BOX ORIENTED, BUT MUCH LARGER IN SCALE. AND REALLY WE'RE LOOKING, LOOKING TO TO, UH, UH, TO SERVE THIS UNDERSERVED GROUP OF MORE LOCAL AND REGIONAL BUSINESSES THAT WOULD FIT A SMALLER FOOTPRINT SUCH AS 25,000 SQUARE FEET AND 50,000 SQUARE FEET VERSUS THESE THREE, FOUR OR 500,000 SQUARE FOOT, UM, CALL IT BOMBER DISTRIBUTION FACILITIES. UM, GSW DOES HAVE A LOT OF PRODUCT. IT'S ONE OF THE BIGGEST MARKETS IN DFW. UM, THERE IS WITHIN GRAND PRAIRIE AND NEIGHBORING ARLINGTON, A LOT OF AVAILABILITY. AND THAT STEMS FROM THE OBSOLESCENCE THAT COMES FROM A LOT ON THIS PRODUCT. SO WE'RE LOOKING AT VINTAGES FROM 1950S TO 1980S, UH, WITH VERY LOW CLEAR HEIGHTS, VERY POOR EFFICIENCY, VERY POOR PARKING, TRUCK COURTS, THINGS OF THAT NATURE. SO WHEN WE GET A LITTLE BIT MORE GRANULAR INTO WHAT WE'RE BUILDING IN OUR SIZE RANGE AND THE CLEAR HEIGHTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, THERE'S ONLY BEEN SIX BUILDINGS BUILT IN THE LAST 20 YEARS WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS, ALL OF WHICH ARE FULLY OCCUPIED, WHICH IS IMPORTANT TO NOTE. EXPANDING A LITTLE FURTHER ON THAT FIVE MILE RADIUS, WE GET INTO GREAT SOUTHWEST AS A WHOLE. UM, THERE'S APPROXIMATELY 125 MILLION SQUARE FEET IN GSW TODAY. UM, 38 MILLION OF THAT IS UNDER 150,000 SQUARE FEET. BUT IF YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THE BUILDINGS BUILT IN THE LAST 24 YEARS, REALLY SINCE THE TURN OF THE MILLENNIUM, THERE'S ONLY 7 MILLION SQUARE FEET. AND THEN TAKE IT A STEP FURTHER WITH THE CLEAR HEIGHTS THAT WE'RE PROPOSING. THERE IS ONLY APPROXIMATELY 2 MILLION SQUARE FEET IN THAT 125 MILLION SQUARE FEET TODAY. AND THAT PRODUCT IS LESS THAN 1% VACANT. AND AS YOU'LL SEE IN THE CHART, HAS THE STRONGEST ABSORPTION, HAS THE NEWEST AVERAGE AGE. THIS IS THE PRODUCT THAT BUSINESSES ARE WANTING AND NEEDING TODAY. UM, IT IS THE PROPERTY IDENTITY THAT THEY WANT. IT'S THE PARKING THAT THEY WANT, UM, THE SUPERIOR CLEAR HEIGHTS AND EFFICIENCY THAT THEY WANT, UH, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE PROPOSING IT. SO, UM, I'LL KEEP THIS BRIEF, BUT THIS IS JUST SOME OF THE EXPANDED USES ALLOWED BY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. UM, WE EXPECT, YOU KNOW, FLEX INDUSTRIAL USERS TO LIGHT MANUFACTURING, LIGHT ASSEMBLY USERS, WHICH BOTH OF THOSE, UH, BRING A HIGHER HEAD COUNT OF, UH, EMPLOYEES. UM, E-COMMERCE FULFILLMENT IS A VERY BIG ONE. AND WHOLESALE SUPPLY BUSINESSES, OUR EXCLUDED USE LIST HAS EXPANDED, UM, MULTIPLE TIMES AS WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH STAFF, UH, AND COUNCIL MEMBERS. UM, TODAY, I BELIEVE WE HAVE 39 USES ON THAT LIST. AND, UM, WHAT WE'VE REALLY TRIED TO DO IS, IS HONE IN ON THE AUTO RELATED USES AND THE OUTDOOR RELATED USES AND PROHIBIT THOSE ENTIRELY. UH, JUNE TOUCHED ON SOME OF THE, UH, USES THAT WE ARE, UH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, LOOKING TO, UM, TO MARKET TO. UM, BUT THERE'S ADDITIONAL ONES, UH, WITH THAT. SO OUR, OUR FOCUS HERE HAS, AND, AND WOULD, YOU KNOW, WOULD LOVE INPUT, UM, ON ANY OTHER USES. BUT OUR FOCUS IS TO LIMIT THOSE USES THAT ARE A CONCERN. SO POSSIBLE END USERS. THIS JUST TALKS A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT WHAT'S WITHIN LIGHTER INDUSTRIAL. WE EXPECT LIGHT ASSEMBLY RESTORATION COMPANIES, WHOLESALE SUPPLY BUSINESSES. YOU SEE ELECTRIC SUPPLY COMPANIES, EVEN SHOWROOMS AND MEDICAL DEVICE COMPANIES GO INTO THESE TYPE OF BUILDINGS. AND THEN LASTLY, I WOULD SAY HERE ARE SOME SIMILAR USERS IN GRAND PRAIRIE TODAY, IN THESE TYPE OF BUILDINGS TODAY. UM, THEY'VE STEMMED FROM NATIONAL, EVEN INTERNATIONAL COMPANIES TO LOCAL SMALL BUSINESSES WITH ONE SINGLE LOCATION, UM, OF THOSE BUILDINGS. AND THAT SMALLER COMPETITIVE SET THAT I SAID WAS COMPARABLE TO OUR PRODUCT TODAY, THESE USERS ARE WITHIN ALL OF THOSE BUILDINGS TODAY. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME AND OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS. I, I'M SO GLAD YOU EXPLAINED THAT IN DETAIL BECAUSE WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS THE UNDER UNDERSERVED, THAT THERE ARE A LOT OF BUILDINGS WHERE THEY'RE OLDER AND THEY DON'T, THEY DON'T MEET THE, THE, THE NEEDS OF THE, UH, NEW BUSINESSES THAT ARE COMING. YES, MA'AM. THAT MAKES A LOT OF SENSE. 'CAUSE I WAS TRYING TO FIGURE THAT OUT. IT'S ALL THESE WAREHOUSES. WELL, YOU KNOW, BUT IT MAKES A WHOLE LOT OF SENSE. THANK YOU FOR EXPLAINING THAT. YES, SIR. COMMISSIONERS, [00:25:01] DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FEDCO? YES. WHAT WHAT WAS YOUR NAME AGAIN? TYLER THOMAS. MR. THOMAS. UM, THIS IS MY DISTRICT AND I KNOW THAT, UM, I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN WORKING WITH, UH, COUNCIL LADY, UH, CLEMSON ON THIS. UM, BIG THING OF IMPORTANCE IS PROTECTING, NOT NOT PROTECTING MAYBE, BUT, YOU KNOW, SHIELDING FROM THE EFFECTS PEOPLE TO THE SOUTH AND THE PEOPLE TO THE EAST. WHAT IS YOUR PLAN, UH, WALL WISE? AGAIN, REMIND ME ON THE, ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE THERE, ON SWEETWATER DRIVE. SO ON THE, UH, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY MM-HMM . JUST TO BE CLEAR MM-HMM . UM, AND I'LL PULL UP THE PLAN HERE. SO THE SOUTHERN PROPERTY BOUNDARY, UM, WE DO NOT SHOW, UH, WE JUST SHOW A FENCING OUTLINE TODAY. UH, I BELIEVE IT WAS A WROUGHT IRON. WE DO NOT, UH, WE HAVEN'T HONED IN ON EXACTLY WHAT THAT IS. AND COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL HAS ALSO TALKED ABOUT WHAT THAT FENCING WOULD LOOK LIKE AND HOW IT WOULD, UM, LAY OUT. UH, HE DIDN'T BELIEVE FENCING WAS NECESSARY ON THE EAST SIDE, BUT POTENTIALLY ON THE SOUTH. SO WE'RE FLEXIBLE THERE. UM, BUT TODAY WE DO NOT HAVE, UH, UH, A DISTINCT FENCING OR LANDSCAPING PLAN. UH, SO IF APPROVED, YOU'D BE WILLING TO WORK WITH, UH, COUNCIL PEOPLE. SHOTWELL AND CLEM SAID ABOUT, 'CAUSE I KNOW THAT, THAT THAT SOUTHERN SIDE IS IMPORTANT. THERE'S HIGH DENSITY PEOPLE LIVING THERE THROUGH THERE. AND ARE YOU LOOKING AT IT JUST FROM A, UM, KIND OF A SCREENING AND PROTECTION OR SECURITY? UH, I THINK BOTH. I THINK SCREENING AND PROTECTION. I DON'T SEE A BIG SECURITY RISK IN WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING. BUT AGAIN, IT'S JUST TRYING TO BE YOU. YOU'VE, YOU'VE GOT A PIECE OF DIRT THAT IS NOT, NOT EASY TO BUILD ON. I WILL GIVE YOU THAT. UM, AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO BE FLEXIBLE WITH, UH, GETTING YOU TO WORK THERE, BUT JUST WANNA ALSO JUST BE RESPECTFUL OF THE PEOPLE TO THE SOUTH AND UNDERSTAND THE PEOPLE. THE EAST HAVE A, I THINK, UTILITY RIGHT AWAY BETWEEN THEM AND YOU. SO THAT'S A LITTLE LESS CONCERN, BUT THESE OTHER PEOPLE, THEY'LL BE DIRECTLY CONTIGUOUS TO YOUR BUSINESS OPERATION. CORRECT. AND THEN I THINK THERE WAS ALSO SOMETHING ABOUT THE, IT'S TO BE THE, WHAT IS IT, FUTURE COOPERATION OR SOMETHING ABOUT YOU'RE GONNA DECIDE WHERE THE ENTRANCE IS COMING IN OFF OF, UH, DUNCAN PERRY Y YES, SIR. SO, UM, ON THE PLAN RIGHT NOW, IT SHOWS, UH, TWO ENTRY POINTS. UM, KIND OF THINK OF IT AS LIKE A TRUCK ENTRY POINT, AN EMPLOYEE ENTRY POINT. UM, THIS WAS A CONCERN THAT, UH, COUNCIL MEMBER SHOTWELL HAD AND WE AGREED WITH, UH, IT WAS OUR REQUEST. UM, BUT AFTER WORKING WITH STAFF, UH, THE TRAFFIC DEPARTMENT DOES NOT SEEM OR DOES NOT BELIEVE THAT IT WOULD BE THE BEST FIT. SO, UH, WE DO HAVE A PLAN THAT SHOWS A SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY AND UH, WE ARE HAPPY TO PROVIDE THAT IF TRANSPORTATION NEEDS. SO, BRETT, YOU, SORRY BRETT, YOU DON'T LIKE THAT PLAN RIGHT THERE WHERE THE TRUCKS COME IN ONE PLACE AND EMPLOYEES COME IN THE OTHER, SO THE UDC UH, SPECIFIES THAT THERE SHOULD BE AT LEAST 170 FEET BETWEEN DRIVEWAYS. AND SO HAVING THAT APARTMENT ENTRANCE, I THINK LESS THAN A HUNDRED FEET AWAY FROM THAT POINT OF ENTRY COULD CAUSE SOME CONFLICTS. WE WANNA MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT A GOOD FLOW OF TRAFFIC AND THAT DRIVEWAYS ARE SPACED PROPERLY ALONG THAT, UM, ALSO CONCERNED ABOUT ANY TRUCKS MAYBE ENTERING FROM THAT DRIVEWAY. SO CLOSE TO THE RESIDENTIAL AS WELL. UM, SO THAT WE'RE JUST GOING OFF WHAT WE HAVE IN THE UDC. UH, IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR THE SITE, THEN WE CAN TAKE A LOOK AT THAT. BUT WE HAVE SEEN SEVERAL, THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS WORK WITH JUST A SINGLE POINT OF ACCESS AND THAT ACCESS POINT BE WIDENED TO FIT ALL USERS, UM, AND, AND STILL MAINTAIN THE SPACING ALONG THE ROADWAY. SO I GUESS IF I'M GUESSING THAT THE SINGLE POINT OF ENTRY IS GONNA BE SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THAT WESTERN SIDE, SO I THINK THAT WE WOULD PREFER JUST TO HAVE THAT NORTHERN DRIVEWAY. UM, AND THAT'D BE IT. AND THAT WOULD BE IT. YEAH, THAT'S EVEN BETTER IF, I MEAN, IT'S BETTER, SORRY, FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF THE APARTMENT PEOPLE ON THE SOUTHERN SIDE, NO, UH, NO. UNDERSTOOD. AND IT, IT WOULD BE, UM, OUR, OUR PLAN, UH, BRETT, UH, IS, IS WOULD BE ON THAT NORTHERN ENTRANCE AND THEN WOULD BE EXPANDING THAT. IT WOULD CUT IN A LITTLE TO THE PARKING ON THE WEST SIDE. BUT, UH, RIGHT NOW WE'RE SHOWING, UH, NEARLY 150 SPACES FOR THIS BUILDING. SO, UH, WE'RE THERE'S FLEXIBILITY IN THAT. THAT'S ALL I HAVE, MADAM CHAIR. OH, OKAY. COMMISSIONERS, ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, SIR. WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME. PERFECT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY OTHER CARDS? OKAY, SO MATTHEW MALEY AND GRIFFITH NEAL BOTH WISH TO RECORD THEIR SUPPORT, BUT DO NOT WISH TO SPEAK. OKAY. THANK YOU FOR THAT. TIFFANY. COMMISSIONERS, UH, IF ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS, I HAVE ONE LAST QUESTION FOR MR. THOMAS. IF HE DOESN'T, MR. MR. THOMAS, CAN YOU COME UP FOR A MINUTE? THANK YOU, SIR. AND I APOLOGIZE FOR NOT ASKING YOU THIS. IT'S WHEN YOU HERE NO, IT'S, SO IT SOUNDED LIKE, UM, FOR THE PROHIBITED USES, YOU GUYS WERE TRYING TO STAY AWAY FROM ANYTHING THAT WAS EITHER [00:30:01] AUTO RELATED OR OUTDOOR CENTRIC. LIKE, UM, I DON'T KNOW, THINGS THAT WERE GOING OUTSIDE MM-HMM . THE OPERATIONS HERE, THEY COULD BE UNDER LIGHT INDUSTRIAL THAT YOU'RE CONTEMPLATING. THEY COULD BE 24 HOUR OPERATIONS, I WOULD SAY IN THIS SIZE RANGE. VERY UNLIKELY YOU'RE NOT GONNA HAVE THIS. BUT THEY COULD BE. THEY COULD, THEY COULD BE, YES SIR. OKAY. AND BUT THE ACTIVITY IS CENTERED INSIDE THE BUILDING, NOT OUTSIDE THE BUILDING. COR CORRECT. THE ONLY ACTIVITY THAT YOU WOULD SEE HERE, AND THIS IS JUST A TRAILER TRUCK STORAGE AREA ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE PLAN, IT'S USING SOME OF THE GREEN SPACE THAT WE HAVE OUTSIDE OF IT. SO THAT WOULD BE THE ONLY, UH, AND THAT WOULD JUST BE A, UH, NOT AN EQUIPMENT STORAGE. THAT WOULD ONLY BE A VEHICLE STORAGE. OKAY. ALRIGHT. THANK YOU. SORRY TO COME BACK UP TO THE PODIUM. THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION. AND, YOU KNOW, TO THINK ABOUT WITH REGARD TO ACTIVITY, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WILL BE, UM, SIMPLIFIED. YES. RIGHT, RIGHT. AND UH, I LIKE WHAT HE SAID ABOUT, UM, THE UNDERSERVED, UH, BUSINESSES. YOU KNOW, THAT MOST OF THE WAREHOUSES ARE OLDER AND THEY'RE NOT EQUIPPED WITH ALL THIS NEW FANCY TECHNOLOGY. AND, AND SO THEY PROBABLY DID A MARKETING STUDY, I IMAGINE, TO COME UP WITH THAT. 'CAUSE 'CAUSE I WAS ASKING YOU RASHAD, WHY, YOU KNOW, BUT IT, IT MAKES SENSE AND I THINK IT WOULD BE SOMETHING NICE IN THE AREA. I DON'T LIVE IN THAT AREA, BUT I THINK IT MAY BE SOMETHING THAT EVEN THOUGH, UM, UH, PLANNING DRC DID NOT RECOMMEND APPROVAL, I THINK IT'S SOMETHING THAT WE SHOULD CONSIDER. DOES ANYBODY WANNA DISCUSS ANY MORE DISCUSSION ON THAT BEFORE COMMISSIONER FEDCO MAKES A MOTION? ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? WE GOOD? SO MADAM CHAIR, IF I MAY, I'D LIKE TO DO THESE JOINTLY. UH, I'D LIKE TO MAKE A MOTION THAT WE CLOSE THE PUBLIC DISCUSSION AND VOTE TO APPROVE ITEMS FIVE AND SIX. AND TO THE EXTENT THAT THE DRC DID MAKE A RECOMMENDATION IE WORKING ON THE SOUTHERN DRIVEWAY, THAT THOSE, UH, THOSE RECOMMENDATIONS WERE IMPLEMENTED AS WELL. I SECOND. OKAY. WE HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEMS FIVE AND SIX BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FCO AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER TY CHAPMAN. I'M SORRY, I'M SORRY. AND SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ANGELA. LUCKY. UM, AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS AND THE ADDITIONAL THAT JOHN PUT IN THAT, THAT, WAS IT STILL IN THERE? THAT WAS ALREADY IN THERE, YEAH. OKAY. SO ALL IN FAVOR OF THIS MOTION. WILL YOU PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND? MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. NEXT CASE PLEASE. [Items 7 & 8] THANK YOU. SO THE ITEM NUMBER SEVEN AND EIGHT IS ALSO A COMPANION ITEM. SO THE ITEM SEVEN IS CPA 24 0 7 0 0 1 0. UH, THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR FLEX INDUSTRIAL. PROPOSED AT 3 4 3 3 HARD ROCK. SO THIS IS TO CHANGE THE FUTURE LANE USE MAP FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO A LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. UM, FEW YEARS AGO, A DEVELOPER APPROACHED THE CITY SAYING THEY WANTED TO CONSIDER DOING KIND OF A MIXTURE OF, UM, MULTIFAMILY AND SOME OTHER ASSOCIATE SUPPORTIVE, UH, COMMERCIAL USERS THERE THAT NEVER TOOK OFF. UM, AND RECENTLY THIS, UM, APPLICANT CAME BACK AND REZONED THIS PROPERTY FOR LIGHT INDUSTRIAL USERS. SO THEY'RE COMING BACK AND SAYING, HEY, WE WOULD LIKE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR. SO RIGHT NOW THIS AREA IS CALLED HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. BECAUSE OF THE PREVIOUS PD THAT WANTED TO PROPOSE A MULTIFAMILY THERE, THEY ARE PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT TO LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. SO AGAIN, UH, STEP IS UNABLE TO SUPPORT THE FUTURE CHANGE BECAUSE THE PROPOSED USE DOES NOT ALIGN WITH THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP. HOWEVER, THE REQUESTED CHANGE MATCH THE PREDOMINANT USE OF THE AREA THAT IS ALREADY LIGHT INDUSTRIAL. SO THE ITEM NUMBER EIGHT IS A ZONE CHANGE IN THE CONSEQUENCE ZON 24 0 7 0 0 1 9. SO THE, UH, APPLICANT IS REQUESTING A ZONE CHANGE FROM A PD FOUR MULTIFAMILY USE TO BE CHANGED TO A INDUSTRIAL. SO THEY CAN CONSTRUCT SPECULATIVE IN THEIR, UH, INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES. YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THAT SURROUNDING AREA. THIS IS WHERE, UM, YOU SAW THOSE FIVE INDIVIDUAL WAREHOUSES WITH THE OPEN SPACE AND TRAIL. THEY'RE UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT NOW. WE HAVE A SHADED GROVE WHERE WE ALREADY HAVE A PRETTY LARGE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSES. THEY ARE NEXT TO A ENCORE SUBSTATION SITE. AND WE ARE EXPECTING THIS AREA TO BE DEVELOPED EITHER AS A LARGE INDUSTRIAL WAREHOUSE OR A POSSIBLE OPTION FOR DATA CENTER. SO CONCEPT PLAN, THEY'RE PROPOSING THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS, ONLY BECAUSE THEY ARE NOT SURE OF [00:35:01] THEIR TARGET END USERS. SO THEY WILL NOT KEEP THESE TWO BUILDINGS TO THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE PROPERTY THE SAME. HOWEVER, THEY WOULD LIKE TO PROPOSE THREE DIFFERENT SCENARIOS ON THIS NORTHERN PORTION. SO THE CONCEPT A COMPOSED OF THREE SMALL, A BIT SMALLER, UM, WAREHOUSES WITH THE TRUCK COURT BETWEEN THE BUILDINGS AS SHOWN ON THE CONCEPT PLAN. . ANOTHER CONSEQUENCE SHOWS POSSIBLY A KIND OF A NARROWER BUILDING WITH A LITTLE BIT MORE, UH, SEPARATION BETWEEN THE TRUCK COURTS. THE THIRD OPTION IS, HEY, IF WE WANTED TO END UP, UH, RENTING OUT HAVING MULTIPLE TENANTS IN THESE BUILDINGS, WE WOULD GO TARGET SHORTER, LESS TALL BUILDINGS, BUT WITH MORE FOR CONTRACTOR SHOPS AND OTHER, YOU KNOW, HVAC USERS OR WHOEVER NEEDS LIKE SMALLER OFFICE, UH, WAREHOUSES TO RUN THEIR BUSINESSES OUT OF. SO THIS IS ANOTHER CONCEPT HERE IS SOME OF THE ELEVATIONS PROVIDED. SO YOU CAN KIND OF SEE THE TALLER BUILDING AND POSSIBLE SMALLER WAREHOUSES PROPOSALS, BUT IN GENERAL, THEY'RE GONNA COMPLY WITH THE APPENDIX X STANDARD. FOR THE EXTERIOR FINISHES, THEY ARE REQUESTING THREE VARIANCES WITH THIS REQUEST. ONE IS A LANDSCAPE BUFFER REDUCTION, THE SECOND IS THE PARKING REDUCTION AND THE THREE. THE THIRD IS THE WALL HEIGHT REDUCTION. I JUST WANNA EXPLAIN TO YOU THAT, UH, BECAUSE THEY HAVE A VERY LONG FRONTAGES ALONG THREE OF OUR RIGHT-OF-WAYS, WE TYPICALLY REQUIRE THEM TO PROVIDE 30 FOOT OF LANDSCAPE BUFFER BEFORE STARTING PARKINGS OR DRIVE AISLES. THEY'RE ASKING THE ONE ALONG HARD ROCK AND ONE ALONG 1 6 1 TO BE REDUCED BY 10 FEET EACH. SO INSTEAD OF HAVING 30 FEET, 30 FEET, THEY'LL PROVIDE 20 FEET AND 20 FEET OF LANDSCAPING. THEY'RE REQUESTING THE MUCH SHORTER PORTION OF THE, UH, ROCK ISLAND PORTION INSTEAD OF 30 FEET PROVIDE 15 FEET. AND THE SECOND IS WHEN THEY HAVE THESE FLEX OPTIONS, THEY WANTED TO, UM, CONSIDER DOING THEIR OWN KIND OF A PARKING RATIO OF ONE PER 600 INSTEAD OF HAVING TO DEFINE OFFICE AREA TO BE PARKED AT ONE PER 3 25 AND THE WAREHOUSES PORTION NEEDING TO BE BE PARKED AT ONE PER THOUSAND. NOT QUITE SURE THE REASONING BEHIND THAT, BUT IT MIGHT BE TO SIMPLIFY THE MATH. IT MIGHT BE TO, UM, ALLOW SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH THEIR PARKING LAYOUT AND THE WALL HEIGHT REDUCTION. SO BASICALLY WHEN WE HAVE A TRUCK COURTYARD THAT IS VISIBLE FROM UH, PUBLIC STREETS, WE ASK THEM TO PROVIDE A WING WALL. SO THE WEAK WALL, BASED ON THE BUILDING HEIGHT IS REQUIRED TO BE AT 25 FEET. THEY ARE ASKING IT TO BE REDUCED TO 14 FEET. TYPICAL HEIGHT OF A, UH, 18 WHEELERS ARE ABOUT 13 FEET. SO THEY FEEL THAT 14 FEET IS SUFFICIENT. AND THEN WE HAVE GRANTED SIMILAR VARIANCES AT OTHER LOCATIONS. SO THIS IS PART OF THEIR VARIANCE REQUEST. SO DRC RECOMMENDS APPROVAL, UH, WITH SOME OF THE CONDITIONS AS LISTED. AND IF YOU FEEL THAT SOMETHING NEEDS TO BE MODIFIED, AGAIN, YOU DO HAVE THE OPTION TO REQUEST THOSE CHANGES. ONE IS THAT THE APPLICANT SHOULD PROVIDE THE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. TWO, THE DRIVEWAY DESIGN AND LOCATION MUST BE APPROVED BY THE TRANSPORTATION DEPARTMENT BEFORE THE SITE PLANS ARE PRESENTED AT THE PNC MEETING, JUST SO THAT WE CAN MAKE SURE ALL THE REQUIREMENTS ARE MET. AND THE THREE IS THAT PARKING SPACES BE PROVIDED PER OUR APPENDIX X AND ARTICLE 10 REQUIREMENT. THE FOUR IS IF THEY WERE TO DEVELOP A CONCEPT WITH THE TRUCK DOCKS FACING THE HARD ROCK, THAT THEY PROVIDE ADDITIONAL SCREENING METHOD, UM, SO THAT THE TRUCK COURT WILL BE SUBSTANTIALLY SCREENED. IT COULD BE A WALL WITH SOME LIVE SCREENING. IT COULD BE BURNED WITH SOME TREES. WE HAVE NOT DECIDED, BUT STAFF FEELS THAT THERE'S AN OPPORTUNITY TO MAYBE ADDRESS THAT BECAUSE THE TRUCK WILL BE RESOLVED FROM THE HARD ROCK ROAD, ALTHOUGH IT'S NOT HEAVILY RESIDENTIAL OR, UH, HEAVILY TRAVELED ROAD LIKE A COMMERCIAL CORRIDOR. WE WANTED TO ADDRESS THAT SINCE IT IS STILL PART OF THE CITIES RIGHT AWAY. AND SORRY. AND, UM, WHEN THEY DEVELOPED A CONCEPT WITH C WITH THE SMALLER WAREHOUSES THAT WE DON'T WANNA SEE ANY OVERHEAD DOORS, THAT'S LIKE A ROLL UP DOOR THAT YOU CAN PUSH UP TO PARK YOUR TRUCK INTO THE BUILDING. WE JUST WANNA PROHIBIT THAT ALL ALONG. 1 61 OR A HARD ROCK, THEY CAN PLACE IT ON OTHER FACADES. AND LASTLY THAT THEY PROVIDE A LINE OF SIGHT DRAWING JUST TO COMMUNICATE THAT WHATEVER THE HEIGHT OF THE WING WALL THAT THEY'RE PROPOSING WILL BE SUFFICIENT TO SCREEN. THAT CONCLUDES THAT PRESENTATION. I DON'T THINK MY APPLICANT IS HERE. UM, IS HE HERE? OKAY. OH, SORRY, I MISSED YOU. YES, , THE APPLICANT IS HERE IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS. BUT AT THIS TIME, DO YOU HAVE ANY QUESTION FOR STAFF COMMISSIONERS? ANY QUESTIONS? GREAT JOB. THANK [00:40:01] YOU. THANK YOU, JIM. THANK YOU. SORRY. SPEAKER CARDS. JONATHAN TOOLEY. OKAY, WELL WELCOME. HE WISHES TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT. OKAY. STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE. GOOD EVENING COMMISSIONERS. UH, JONATHAN TOOLEY WITH HAMILTON COMMERCIAL 2125 BARDEN ROAD, GRAND PRAIRIE. UH, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. UM, I JUST GOT A FEW POINTS TO HIT ON THIS. AGAIN, THIS IS A SITE SIMILAR TO THE, THE PREVIOUS REQUEST THAT IT'S A TIGHT SITE AND IT'S HARD TO DEVELOP. UM, THIS SITE CURRENTLY HAS ENTITLEMENT FOR 560 MULTIFAMILY UNITS THAT WE GO BUILD BY RIGHT ON THE, ON THIS PIECE OF PROPERTY. UH, WE FEEL LIKE WE WANNA TRANSITION THIS MORE TO ANALLY PRODUCT. THAT'S WHAT'S IN THE AREA. UM, THAT'S WHAT THE AREA'S BEING RE DEVELOPED AS. AND SO WE FEEL LIKE THAT'S A BETTER FIT THAN THE MULTIFAMILY. WE'VE GOT THREE DIFFERENT OPTIONS SIMPLY BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT END USERS. YOU KNOW, IF WE CAN MAKE THE FLEX WORK, THAT'S A COOL OPTION. IT'S DIFFERENT. IT'S A HIGH DEMAND IN THIS AREA FOR THAT BECAUSE IT'S, UM, WE'RE CENTRALLY LOCATED AND THERE'S JUST NOT A LOT OF THAT PRODUCT HERE. WE DO PROVIDE THE OTHER TWO OPTIONS, WHICH IS TRADITIONAL WAREHOUSE, UM, SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU SEE ALREADY IN GRAND PRAIRIE. UM, I DO HAVE THE, A FEW VARIANCES. NOW. WE, WE DO PRIDE OURSELVES ON BEING A DEVELOPER THAT TRIES NOT TO HAVE THE VARIANCES. SO, UH, YOU KNOW, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, AGAIN, THIS SITE IS REALLY NARROW. UM, THE OTHER FACTOR IS THERE'S 30 FEET OF FALL ON THIS SITE FROM HARD ROCK TO 1 61. SO IT'S A GRADING CH CHALLENGE. UM, THAT'S KIND OF WHY WE GOT DIFFERENT OPTIONS AND THAT'S WHY THE SOUTHERN BUILDINGS ARE THE SAME, BECAUSE IT JUST WORKS BETTER WITH THE GRADING AND TRYING TO GET THE DIRT TO BLEND OUT. UM, AND THEN THE WING WALL, AGAIN, WE'RE JUST REQUESTING THIS. I'VE SEEN COUNCIL, UH, GRANT THIS MULTIPLE TIMES, UM, IF FEEL LIKE IT'S APPROPRIATE FOR THE AREA. BUT, UM, YEAH, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER THAT THIS TIME. WELL, THANK YOU AGAIN FOR COMING. SURE. YOU KNOW, GOOD TO SEE YOU. YEAH. UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER FOR KO? SO, MR. TULEY, WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU. HOWEVER, IN THIS INSTANCE, YOU GUYS ARE ASKING FOR A ZONING CHANGE AND A LOT OF VARIANCES, IF I MAY SAY. UM, THE ONE THAT I'M INTERESTED IN, JUST UNDERSTANDING YOUR THOUGHT PROCESS IS THE WHY, WHY SUCH THE BIG VARIANCE IN THE, THE PARKING SPACE RATIO? UM, IT'S REALLY FOR THE, THE FLEX, RIGHT? AND THAT'S, THERE'S REALLY NO PARKING STANDARD AND USE U-U-U-D-C FOR THAT. SO SOME OF THIS PARKING STANDARD I BASED ON WAS JUST TALKING TO BROKERS IN THE AREA AND THAT DEAL WITH THIS PRODUCT. AND YOU WANNA MAKE SURE THAT, 'CAUSE YOU'RE TARGETING, TARGETING, UH, SMALL CONTRACTORS, SMALL DIFFERENT BUSINESSES THAT ARE GONNA COME IN THERE THAT MIGHT HAVE 5,000 FEET, 10,000, 20,000 FEET, THAT THEY HAVE ENOUGH PARKING TO, YOU KNOW, FOR THEIR EMPLOYEES AND FOR POTENTIAL CUSTOMERS. SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF THE RATIO THAT BLENDED OUT THAT WE FELT WAS IT WORKED FOR THIS PRODUCT. THERE'S NO RHYME OR REASON TO IT. IT IS JUST DOING RESEARCH, TALKING WITH OTHER BROKERS AND THIS KIND OF WHAT WE LANDED ON. OKAY. AND IF, IF THIS, UH, COMMISSION WERE TO VOTE TO APPROVE, YOU WOULDN'T HAVE PROBLEMS WORKING WITH THE DRCS RECOMMENDATIONS? I, I HEAR WHAT YOU'RE SAYING ABOUT THE SITE BEING VERY RECTANGULAR MM-HMM . BUT I'M ASSUMING THE FACT THAT YOU'VE GOTTA DO THESE 30 FOOT BUFFERS ON EITHER SIDE WAS REFLECTED ON THE PRICE THAT YOU PAID FOR THAT PARCEL. YEAH. SO TO NOTE ON THAT, I MEAN, WE'RE STILL GONNA MEET THE REQUIREMENTS OF SHRUBS AND TREES. WE'RE STILL GONNA PUT THE REQUIRED STREET TREES IN. WE'RE NOT MOVING AWAY FROM THAT. WE'RE JUST NARROWING THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER JUST A LITTLE BIT DUE TO RETAINING WALLS AND, AND HOW NARROW THE SIDE IS. AND IT ALLOWS FOR A LITTLE MORE PARKING, UM, IN THERE. SO THAT'S REALLY THE ONLY VARIANCE THAT IS JUST KIND OF MAKES OR BREAKS THE PROJECT, UM, THAT MAKES OR BREAKS THE PROJECT THAT YES, THAT, THAT EXTRA 10 FEET ON EACH SIDE 'CAUSE IT HELPS WITH SQUARE FOOTAGE IS AND MAKES THE PARKING EVERYTHING WORK. COMMISSIONER, I, I HAVE, UM, UH, JUST A CONCERN THAT, UM, YOU'RE ASKING FOR A LOT. YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING FROM MULTIFAMILY TO, UM, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL MM-HMM . AND THEN NOT THAT'S A LOT. AND THEN STILL WANTING ALL OF THESE VARIANCES THAT'S GOTTA BE A LITTLE BIT MORE FLEXIBLE A LITTLE BIT HERE. IT JUST SEEMS LIKE THAT'S, THAT'S A LOT, YOU KNOW. WELL, AND I'M, I AM BEING FLEXIBLE IN FACT THAT, YOU KNOW, AS FAR AS DR. C'S RECOMMENDATIONS, I MEAN, I'M HAPPY TO COMPLY WITH MOST OF THOSE. UM, CAN YOU SAY WHICH ONES THAT YOU WOULD DEFINITELY COMPLY WITH? YEAH, FOR SURE. FOR [00:45:01] SURE. WELL, TWO IS, IS OBVIOUS AND THEN FOUR OR FIVE AND SIX. HAPPY TO, TO COMPLY WITH THOSE. NOW, THE PARKING AND THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THOSE ARE TWO CRITICAL ITEMS TO THIS DEVELOPMENT, SO I'M HAPPY TO WORK ON THESE OTHER ONES AS WELL. WHEN YOU SAY SIMILAR OTHER, UM, UH, CASES, UH, DEVELOPMENTS HAVE FOLLOWED THROUGH AND GET GETTING THESE SAME VARIANCES AS YOU, DO YOU HAVE ANY EXAMPLES OF THAT? DO YOU JUST WHAT YOU, WHAT WERE YOU SPEAKING TO? UH, WELL IT WAS MAINLY THE WING WALL IS WHAT I WAS TALKING TO. AND THERE'S ONE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET AT TRINITY AND HARD ROCK THAT WAS JUST BUILT. UM, THERE'S TWO BUILDINGS THERE. THEY HAD, THEY GOT, I THINK COUNCIL GRANTED THEM 12 FEET IN HEIGHTS. UM, AND THERE THERE'S JUST OTHER, I MEAN, I WAS A PLANNER HERE, I WAS PART OF CASES THAT GOT APPROVED. I, YEAH, WITH THAT VARIANCE. SO AGAIN, IT'S JUST, IT'S A REQUEST. I MEAN, WE'RE WILLING TO WORK WITH STAFF ON A LINE OF SIGHT DRAWING. IF WE CAN KIND OF MEET IN THE MIDDLE ON THAT, THAT'S FINE. MM-HMM . SO YOU'RE, YOU'RE WILLING TO DO, UH, 2, 4, 5, AND SIX AND THEN SURE. SOME FLEXIBILITY WITH ONE AND THREE AND ABSOLUTELY, YES. OKAY. THAT'S MY REQUEST FOR SURE. WELL, THIS IS, UM, COMMISSIONER FOR KO'S AREA AND WE LOOK TO HIM FOR GUIDANCE ON THIS BECAUSE HE, THIS IS WHERE HE LIVES. SO COMMISSIONER, DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE QUESTIONS? I HAVE NO QUESTIONS FOR MR. TOOLEY, BUT AGAIN, WELCOME BACK. GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. OKAY. COMMISSIONERS. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. HI MR. TOOLEY. HI, HOW ARE YOU? IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN. ALRIGHT. UM, QUICK QUESTION. I GUESS YOUR ABSOLUTE COMMENT, UH, KIND OF STRUCK ME. SO ON ONE AND THREE, UM, COULD THEY BE MITIGATED IF THE SIZE OF YOUR BUILDING WAS SMALLER? WELL, THE, THE THING IS, IS WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE COST IN THIS PROPERTY BECAUSE OF THE DIRT WORK AND THE, SO WE'VE GOT RETAINING WALLS, WE'VE GOT A LOT OF, UH, GRADING TO DO THAT. IT IS DRIVING UP THE BASIS FOR CONSTRUCTION. AND SO THE EXTRA SQUARE FOOTAGE KIND OF HELPS GET IT OVER THE HUMP. OTHERWISE, IF IT WAS A FLAT SITE, YOU KNOW, IT'S, WE COULD TRY TO MAKE THAT WORK. BUT AGAIN, BETWEEN THAT AND HOW NARROW IT IS, GETTING THE DRY AISLES AND EVERYTHING, IT'S JUST, IT'S A TOUGH SITE WITH THE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BUFFER. AGAIN, STILL GONNA COMPLY WITH THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS FOR JUST ASKING A REDUCTION. 'CAUSE IT HELPS IN SOME AREAS, ESPECIALLY WITH PARKING AND OUR DRIVE AISLES. OKAY. SO THAT'S A YES. , I'M SORRY. THAT'S A YES. RIGHT. IT COULD BE MITIGATED IF YOU DECIDED TO BUILD SOMETHING SMALLER. UH, TECHNICALLY, YES. OKAY. AND AS FAR AS THE PARKING SPACES, I GUESS THAT'S OPTIMIZED BECAUSE YOU WANT A BIGGER BUILDING BECAUSE OF THE INVESTMENT THAT YOU'VE MADE? WELL, THE, THE VARIANCE, AGAIN, THAT'S JUST, IT'S MAINLY TOWARDS THE FLEX OPTION. UM, YOU KNOW, THE OTHER BUILDINGS I THINK ARE FINE IF, AS FAR AS THE ONE PER 3 25 AND THE ONE PER THOUSAND, IT'S THE FLEX THAT WE'RE TRYING TO GET A LITTLE MORE, YOU KNOW, LENIENCY IN TO HELP KIND OF MAKE THAT PRODUCT WORK. OKAY. THANK YOU. GOOD QUESTIONS, COMMISSIONER. ANY OTHER CONCERNS? COMMISSIONERS? IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. ANY NO, NO FURTHER DISCUSSION. I HAVE SOME DISCUSSION IF YOU GUYS ARE WILLING. LISTEN. YES, WE'RE READY. WE'RE READY TO LISTEN. ALWAYS, ALWAYS. LIKE MR. THULE ALWAYS. I THINK I, I KNOW THIS INTERSECTION WELL. UM, HAPPY TO HAVE THE DEVELOPMENT THERE. I WAS GONNA SUGGEST A SUGGESTION. YOU, I THINK YOU GUYS PROBABLY SAW FROM THE PRE-MEETING, I'M NOT THOROUGHLY CONVINCED THAT, UH, WE KNOW BETTER THAN HE DOES ABOUT THE PARKING REQUIREMENTS. I THINK IF HE BUILDS A FACILITY THAT DOESN'T HAVE ADEQUATE PARKING, THEN IT'S GONNA COME BACK TO BITE HIM. 'CAUSE HE'S NOT GONNA HAVE TENANTS THAT ARE GONNA WANT TO BE THERE. HOWEVER, THAT BEING SAID, I'M LESS LIKELY TO AGREE THAT HE SHOULD GET SOME FLEXIBILITY ON ITEM NUMBER ONE ABOUT THE 30 FOOT BARRIERS THAT THAT ACTUALLY HAS A EFFECT ON PEOPLE AROUND. SO UNLESS ANYBODY WANTS TO TALK ME OUT OF IT, I WAS GONNA PROPOSE A MOTION TO WHERE VOTE TO APPROVE. BUT, UM, PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE, THE PARKING SPACE, UH, REQUIREMENT, I, I'LL, I'LL INDULGE 'EM ON THAT RATIO. BUT NUMBER ONE ABOUT THE 30 FOOT BUFFER, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER, THAT I THINK JUNE RIGHTLY RAISES IS AN IMPORTANT POINT. I WOULD LIKE TO STAY IN THERE, MAYBE OVERRULED BY THE COUNCIL. THEY, THEY HAVE THE DISPOSITIVE VOTE ON THAT, BUT THAT'S HOW I SEE THIS ONE. MM-HMM . GOOD POINTS. UM, COMMISSIONER, UH, I THINK THAT I AGREE WITH YOU. UM, THAT, AND LIKE I SAID, BY THIS BEING YOUR AREA, YOU ARE A RESIDENT EXPERT. I KNOW IF I'M AN EXPERT, BUT I, BUT I, BUT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT, I LIKE THE IDEA OF THE 30 FOOT LANDSCAPE BEING IMPORTANT BECAUSE THEY WOULDN'T PUT IT ON THERE IF IT WASN'T. YOU KNOW, YOU CAN FIGURE, GOTTA TO FIGURE IT OUT WITH THE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN OR SOMETHING. I MEAN, I DON'T KNOW. BUT, BUT IF THEY CAN AGREE TO, TO TRY TO, WOULD YOU BE, UM, CONSIDERED OF, UH, IT HAS TO BE THE 30 FOOT YOU THINK I WAS GOING BY WHAT STAFF'S RECOMMENDATION WERE YEAH. THEY KNOW THE RULES BETTER [00:50:01] THAN I DO AGAIN. RIGHT. I'M A LOT MORE SYMPATHETIC ON THE PARKING SPACE PART. 'CAUSE I THINK HE'S GOING, HE WANTS TO BUILD A COMPLEX THAT IS EASY TO BE RENTED THAT HIS CUSTOMERS WANT. BUT AGAIN, THE, TO ME, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER DOESN'T NECESSARILY SPEAK, I DON'T THINK, MAYBE I COULD BE WRONG, BUT I DON'T THINK COMMERCIAL PEOPLE GO IN THERE AND SAY, OH, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER LOOKS GOOD. I THINK PEOPLE AROUND IT. MM-HMM . SAY, DOES THE LANDSCAPE LOOK GOOD? MM-HMM . MM-HMM . I'M A LITTLE BIT MORE TRUSTING ABOUT THE PARKING SPACES THAN I AM ABOUT THE BUFFER. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THAT? I THINK THAT THAT WORKS. I HAD A QUESTION ABOUT IT. I MEAN, COMMISSIONER . YEAH. YES. FOR DISCUSSION. UM, SO MAKING THE, THE LANDSCAPE BUFFER FROM 30 TO 20 WAS GONNA ALLOW FOR THAT MORE PARKING SPACE. I THINK HE, I THINK HE WAS TALKING ABOUT, AND I'M NOT, I'M NOT SURELY I'M NOT SAYING THAT I, HE'S NOT TELLING THE TRUTH. I JUST, I'M NOT AS FULLY BELIEVING THAT THAT'S A, THAT THAT'S A MAKE OR BREAK ASPECT OF THE PROJECT. MM-HMM . BUT I THINK HE SAID THAT A 30 FOOT BUFFER ON SUCH A LONG RECTANGULAR NORTH SOUTH PARCEL WAS GONNA MAKE IT UNECONOMICAL SUCH THAT IT WAS A, A MUST HAVE FOR THE PROJECT. THAT, THAT'S WHAT I UNDERSTOOD HIM TO SAY. AND I, I, AGAIN, I THINK THE, THE BUFFERS HAVE TO DO WITH THE, THE WAY IT APPEARS TO PEOPLE THAT DRIVE ALMOST 61 THE WAY IT APPEARS TO PEOPLE THAT ARE DRIVING THROUGH THE CITY. SO I'M A LOT MORE SENSITIVE TO THAT THAN I AM TO PARKING SPACES, WHICH MOST PEOPLE DON'T REALLY COUNT AS THEY GO THROUGH A NEIGHBORHOOD. RIGHT. SO I WOULD PROPOSE IF, IF YOU GUYS WOULD ACCEPT IT THAT WE GO WITH THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR ON THE PARKING SPACES AND, UM, TO ALLOW HIM HIS VARIANCE. YEAH. UM, COMMISSIONER O COLEY, WHAT DO YOU THINK? ARE YOU GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH. GON SOUNDS GREAT TO US. OKAY, COMMISSIONER LUCK. MADAM CHAIR, IF I, MAY I MAKE A MOTION IF THIS IS ITEMS UP AND I'LL MAKE IT TOGETHER. ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT MM-HMM . MAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE, UM, BOTH ITEMS OF THE APPLICATION AND, UH, PROCEED WITH THE DRC RECOMMENDATIONS, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THEIR, UH, THEIR RESTRICTIONS ON THE PARKING SPACES. I'M WILLING TO GIVE THE DEVELOPER MORE LEEWAY IN THAT REGARD. SECOND, HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM SEVEN AND EIGHT BY COMMISSIONER JOHN FKO AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR, UM, ITEM EXCEPT FOR THE PARKING SPACE RECOMMENDATIONS EXCEPT FOR THE PARKING SPACE. AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER CHRISTOPHER OLE. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. THANK YOU. GOOD [9. CPA-25-01-0002 – Comprehensive Plan Amendment – South Grand Prairie Thoroughfare Plan and Map. Ordinance Amending the 2018 Comprehensive Plan by Updating the Master Thoroughfare Plan and Map Specific to the Area located Southwest of US 287 and North of US 67. City of Grand Prairie and City of Grand Prairie Extraterritorial Jurisdiction, Ellis County, Texas, Johnson County, Texas] EVENING. UH, BRETT FROM TRANSPORTATION PLANNER, THE TRANSPORTATION MOBILITY DEPARTMENT FOR ITEM NINE. AND WE HAVE A COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT FOR THE SOUTH GRAND PRAIRIE THOROUGHFARE PLAN AND MAP. UH, THE PURPOSE OF THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS VARIOUS AMENDMENTS TO THE 2018 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN. UH, THAT PLAN WAS UPDATED BY THE SOUTHGATE 360 CORRIDOR PLAN BACK IN AUGUST OF 2021. UH, THIS, THESE AMENDMENTS WILL THEN GO BACK ONTO THE 2008 COMPREHENSIVE PLAN, ESSENTIALLY REPLACING THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN THAT 360 CORRIDOR PLAN. THE LOCATION OF THE REQUEST TONIGHT IS GENERALLY SOUTHWEST OF US 2 87 AND NORTH OF US 67. IT'S PRIMARILY ETJ AREA. UH, IT ALSO INCLUDES SOME NEWLY ANNEXED AREAS OF THE CITY. A LITTLE BIT OF BACKGROUND ON WHY WE'RE DOING THIS. SO WE'RE, WE'RE DOING IS SETTING A MASTER THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE CONCEPTUAL LAND PLAN THAT WAS INCLUDED, UH, IN THE ADOPTED DEVELOPER AGREEMENT BETWEEN THE CITY OF GRAND PRAIRIE AND PROVIDENCE REALTY BACK IN APRIL OF 2024. THIS REALLY IS JUST LETTING US STAFF HAVE A LITTLE BIT MORE, UM, UH, ABILITY TO HANDLE THE DEVELOPMENT AS PROPOSED AND TO PLAN FOR ROADWAYS ACCORDINGLY AND TO HAVE AN UNDERSTANDING OF THEIR LOCATION AND CLASSIFICATION AS THAT DEVELOPMENT OCCURS. SO THE ANALYSIS, WE USED A THIRD PARTY ENGINEER THAT LOOKED AT THE ROADWAY NETWORK AND USED A TRAVEL DEMAND MODEL TO FORECAST AND, UM, PREDICT THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE TRAFFIC VOLUMES FOR THIS AREA. UH, AND HOW THEY DID THIS WAS THEY ESTABLISHED TRAFFIC ANALYSIS ZONES. THESE ANALYSIS ZONES INCLUDED THE TYPES OF LAND USE THAT WOULD BE IN EACH AREA THAT GAVE US A EX, UM, EXPECTED AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC. AND THEN THAT WAS SENT OUT ONTO A ROADWAY NETWORK FROM A POINT A TO POINT B TYPE OF ANALYSIS. UH, AND THEN WE GET TO SEE WHAT LEVELS OF TRAFFIC ARE ON THOSE ROADWAYS AND THEN WHAT THEIR LEVELS OF SERVICE ARE, UM, AT THE FULL BUILD OUT. SO IN THE MODEL, WE SAW THOSE ROADWAY LOCATIONS AND THE CAPACITIES STAFF REVIEWED THOSE FINDINGS AND WE ACCEPTED THE RESULTS AND THE RESULTS ARE, UH, SHOWN ON THE SCREEN. SO THIS, LIKE I MENTIONED, THIS IS A 10 YEAR BUILD OUT OF THE SITE. THEY LOOKED AT, UM, THE ACCEPTABLE LEVELS OF SERVICE, [00:55:01] UH, THAT WE SET IN OUR UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, WHICH IS LEVEL OF SERVICE D UH, THEY WERE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE ROADWAYS COULD SUPPORT THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC GENERATED THROUGH EACH OF THOSE TAS AND THAT THE LEVEL OF SERVICE MEETING THAT REQUIREMENT, UH, THEY FOUND THAT THEY WERE ABLE TO DO SO WITH THE ROADWAY NETWORK AS PROPOSED. THE MODEL, I DO WANNA POINT OUT, THE MODEL DOES NOT ACCOUNT FOR THE EXTENSION OF STATE HIGHWAY 360, THE EXPANSION OF US 2 87 WITH THEIR FURNITURE PROJECTS OR THE WIDENING OF HIGHWAY 1 57 ON THE WESTERN PART OF THE DEVELOPMENT. HOWEVER, THE ANALYSIS DID NOTE THAT THESE ARE CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE IMPROVEMENTS FOR THE LONG-TERM SUCCESS OF THE AREA. THEY JUST DID NOT IMPACT THE INTERNAL STREET NETWORK, UH, OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT. SO YOU CAN SEE ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE SCREEN IS OUR CURRENT THOROUGHFARE PLAN MAP. AND ON THE RIGHT SIDE YOU CAN SEE THE PROPOSED, THEY SHARE A LOT OF SIMILARITIES. UH, WHAT WE DID AS PART OF THIS ANALYSIS WAS TO REALLY RIGHTSIZE THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN IN THAT AREA TO HELP BE MORE ALIGNED WITH THE DEVELOPMENT THAT WE'RE ACTUALLY EXPECTING. UH, PREVIOUS THOROUGHFARE PLANS THAT WERE SET WERE BASED ON SOME ANTICIPATED, UM, USES OUT THERE, UH, SOME REAL LONG-TERM VISIONING. UH, NOW THAT WE HAVE A BETTER IDEA OF WHAT THAT CONCEPTUAL LAND PLAN IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE AND SOME OF THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENTS, UH, WE FELT IT WAS TIME TO GO BACK AND, AND RIGHT SIZE THIS THOROUGHFARE PLAN ONCE MORE. AND YOU CAN SEE ON THE MAPS, UM, THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LEFT AND THE RIGHT. THE ONES THAT ARE DASHED ARE THE ROADWAYS THAT WE WILL BE, UH, AMENDING AS PART OF THIS ITEM. UH, ONES THAT ARE IN SOLID ARE REMAINING THE SAME AND, AND AND CONSTANT THROUGHOUT. NOW THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE THE SAME BETWEEN THE TWO. UM, JUST FOR SIMPLICITY, WE WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT IT WAS REALLY JUST EVERYTHING IN THAT KIND OF BOUNDED AREA OF 2 87, 67 AND 1 57, UH, THAT ARE BEING, UH, ADJUSTED, SLIGHTLY EXTENDED REMOVED, UH, SO ON AND SO FORTH. UH, THIS GO DID GO THROUGH OUR DEVELOPMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE AND THEY RECOMMEND APPROVAL. WE ALSO PRESENTED THIS TO OUR CITY COUNCIL DEVELOPMENT COMMITTEE AND THEY ALSO RECOMMENDED APPROVAL. I'M FREE FOR ANY QUESTIONS AT THIS TIME. COMMISSIONER, I I DO HAVE ONE QUESTION BEFORE I ASK COMMISSIONERS. I'M HOPING THAT THEY'RE TAKING, YOU'RE TAKING IN CONSIDERATION THE, UH, STREET SIZE. 'CAUSE THESE VEHICLES ARE SO LARGE AND EVEN IN MY COMMUNITY IS OVER 20 YEARS OLD. BUT IT'S SO HARD, YOU KNOW, WITH PEOPLE COMING IN PARKING ON THE SIDE OF THE STREET. SO I'M JUST YES, MA'AM. THAT'S THERE. SO AS PART OF THIS, UH, WE HAVE OUR CLASSIFICATIONS. YOU CAN SEE IN THE LEGEND ON THE BOTTOM LEFT OF EACH MAP. SO WITHIN THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, EACH OF THOSE CLASSIFICATIONS ALIGN TO A CERTAIN STREET TYPE. MM-HMM . SO OUR LARGER CLASSIFICATIONS ARE P SIX DS, OUR P FOUR DS. THEY'VE GOT THE WIDER LANES, THE BIGGER PARKWAYS, MORE ROOM FOR SIDEWALKS. AND AS YOU GET SMALLER, YOU HAVE A LITTLE BIT NARROWER LANES THAT FOR MAKING TRAFFIC A LITTLE BIT SLOWER. UH, WE ALSO HAVE OPTIONS IN THERE FOR ON-STREET PARKING AND ALL THAT'S BASED ON OUR DENSITIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'VE GOT, YOU KNOW, ENOUGH ON-STREET PARKING FOR THESE, UH, THESE HIGH DENSITY COMMUNITIES. SO THIS ALL WILL GO BACK TO THAT UDC AND THE STREET STANDARDS WE HAVE IN THERE. AND THAT'S WHAT WE WILL, UH, EXPECT OR CONSTRUCT, UM, AS WE MOVE FORWARD WITH THESE NEW LAND USES. THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS I, I REALLY APPRECIATE THAT. COMMISSIONER FEDCO. YEAH. BRENT, I, I SUPPORT THIS. I DO HAVE JUST A QUESTION FOR MY OWN EDIFICATION, IF YOU DON'T MIND LEAVING THAT MAP UP. SO IS THE DEVELOPMENT GOING, THIS NEW DEVELOPMENT, IT'S GONNA HAVE ROTARY CIRCLES IN IT. IS THAT, DID I READ THAT CORRECTLY OR ARE YOU GETTING RID OF THOSE? SO THERE ALL WILL BE ROUNDABOUTS, ROUNDABOUTS AS PART OF THIS ROUNDABOUTS. I KNOW THAT GOODLAND PARKWAY THAT'S UNDER DESIGN RIGHT NOW DOES HAVE SOME ROUNDABOUTS IN IT. FOR THE PURPOSES OF THIS MAP. WE TREAT 'EM AS JUST ANOTHER TYPE OF INTERSECTION. SO STOP CONTROL, SIGNAL CONTROL, ROUNDABOUT ALL TYPES OF INTERSECTIONS. WE WILL LOOK AT WHAT MAKES SENSE FOR THAT AREA, UM, WHEN WE'RE GOING TO DESIGN THOSE INTERSECTIONS. IT'S JUST, I'VE BEEN TO NEWER DEVELOPMENT PARTS AND I'M, I'M SURPRISED AT HOW PREVALENT PEOPLE ARE ADOPTING ROUNDABOUTS IN NEWER DEVELOPMENTS. IT SEEMS TO BE A WAY TO NOT HAVE STREET LIGHTS AND STILL ALLOW FOR A FLOW OF TRAFFIC. MM-HMM. YES, COMMISSIONER. OKAY. ANY OTHER? THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION. ANY OTHER CONCERNS? ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, BRETT. APPRECIATE IT. GREAT PRESENTATION. DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? OH, WAIT, I'M SORRY. DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? UH, YES, WE HAVE SARAH WHO WISHES TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THIS ITEM. OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON, SARAH. HI, HOW ARE YOU? I'M WELL. HOW ARE YOU ALL? CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? ABSOLUTELY. MY NAME IS SARAH DRE HUBBLE, AND MY ADDRESS IS 73 0 8 BRAMBLE WOOD ROAD IN FORT WORTH, TEXAS 7 6 1 3 3. I'M ACTUALLY HERE SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF JOELLE AND CAROLYN ENLOW THAT ARE PRESENT WITH US TODAY. I'M REPRESENTING THEM ON THE [01:00:01] SALE OF THEIR PROPERTY AT TWO 10 MILLER ROAD. UM, THAT, UM, SOME, SOME BACK INFORMATION. I WAS HERE BACK IN THE FALL WHEN THE GOODLAND INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT WAS BEING IMPROVED, UH, APPROVED AT THE CITY COUNCIL MEETINGS AND WAS UNDER THE UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS WOULD NOT AFFECT THE INLAWS PROPERTY WHATSOEVER. HAD SPOKEN WITH THE CITY ATTORNEY ON THAT AS WELL. UM, OVER THE WEEKEND WE RECEIVED A CALL FROM A NEIGHBOR WHO, UM, INFORMED US OF THIS MEETING ALONG WITH THE PROPOSED, UH, ROAD IMPROVEMENTS FROM WHAT WE COULD TELL FROM THE ORDINANCE THAT THE NEIGHBOR RECEIVED. THIS DOES IN FACT, THE, UH, AFFECT THE INLAWS PROPERTY. AND BEING THAT WE ARE UNDER CONTRACT TO SELL THIS PROPERTY, UM, WE ARE NEEDING CLARIFICATION. UM, IT LOOKS TO US THAT FROM THE MAPS THAT A P FOUR D WILL BE RUNNING DIRECTLY THROUGH THIS PROPERTY ALONG THE BACKSIDE OF IT. AND SO IF SO, WE'RE JUST, WE HAVE CONCERNS THAT, ONE, THEY WEREN'T NOTIFIED THAT THIS WAS HAPPENING OR BEING UPDATED AND THEREFORE, UM, COULD AFFECT THE SALE OF THEIR PROPERTY AND OBVIOUSLY THEIR INVESTMENT IN MM-HMM . SET PROPERTY. WELL, THANK YOU FOR COMING AND BRINGING THAT TO OUR ATTENTION. SURE. WE'LL HAVE TO HAVE BRETT DIS, UH, DIS DISCUSS THAT, CLARIFY THAT FOR US. SHOW ME JUST WHERE THE PROPERTY IS. YES. ON THE MAP IT'S MAYBE A LITTLE BIT DIFFICULT TO SEE. I THINK MILLER ROAD. SEE THE, SEE THIS LITTLE, UM, WHERE THE, ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE WHERE THE WATER IS? YES. IT'S RIGHT DOWN IN WHERE YOUR POINTER IS. YES. OKAY. SO WHERE, UH, GOODLAND INDUSTRIAL, RIGHT AROUND THAT CORNER IS THEIR PIECE. YEAH. SO ON THE LEFT MAP HERE, SO THIS IS OUR EXISTING AND THE PROPERTY IS HERE AT THIS INTERSECTION, CORRECT? RIGHT. DOES THAT LOOK RIGHT TO YOU THAT THEY PROBABLY CAN'T SEE IT BACK THERE? OKAY. IT'S RIGHT AT THE CURVATURE OF MILLER ROAD THERE BEFORE YOU ROUND TO, I WISH I GO A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN THAT. IT'S ABOUT RIGHT. OH, NO, I CAN'T SEE THE COURSE HERE. SORRY ABOUT, I'M ASSUMING IT'S THIS PROPERTY HERE AT THE CORNER. YES. UM, SO YEAH, SO WE DID HAVE, AS PART OF THE ORIGINAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN, WE HAD THAT P FOUR D, WHICH IS ESSENTIALLY AN EXTENSION OF WEATHERFORD ROAD GOING ALL THE WAY NORTH. UM, AND THEN CONTINUE OVER TO KIMBALL ROAD. UM, UP HERE AT US 2 87, I THINK IN OUR ORIGINAL THOROUGHFARE PLAN. IT SHOWS A GAP THERE, UM, AT BEFORE IT GETS TO OLD FORT WORTH. UM, IN THE NEW PLAN, WHAT WE'RE DOING IS THE EXTENSION OF, I BELIEVE THAT IS 6 0 2, UM, ON THE WESTERN SIDE, EXTENDING THAT ALL THE WAY OVER AND CONNECTING INTO MILLER AS IT RUNS EAST WEST. THAT SECTION WAS BEING REMOVED FROM THE THOROUGHFARE PLAN THAT WAS TO ALLOW FOR SOME, UH, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF THIS NEW, THAT DIDN'T ACCOUNT FOR OR DIDN'T ALLOW FOR A SIX LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY OR FOUR LANE DIVIDED ROADWAY TO GO THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF THAT PROPERTY. SO THE INTERSECTION THERE IS RELATIVELY UNCHANGED MINUS THAT EAST WEST CORNER, UH, CONNECTION, WHICH WE REMOVED, UM, AS IT WAS NO LONGER NEEDED. OKAY. SO IT WILL, WILL NOT AFFECT THEM OR, SO I GUESS IT WILL INF AFFECT THEM AS A SENSE OF WE'RE REMOVING AN INITIAL ROADWAY. THE INTERSECTION OF THOSE TWO AT MILLER AND THE EXTENSION OF WEATHERFORD SHOULD REMAIN AS IS AND AS IT'S BEEN IN THE THIRD PLACE, BUT IT'S A POINT TO CUT INTO THEIR PROPERTY. UH, THE CHANGE THAT WE'RE PROPOSING TONIGHT WILL NOT HAVE ANYTHING DIFFERENT IN THAT REGARD. THERE WILL JUST BE THE REMOVAL OF A ROADWAY, UM, AS IT GOES FROM THE EAST WEST, UM, INTO THAT PROPERTY. SO IT WILL NO LONGER GO THROUGH EAST WEST, BUT THE NORTH SOUTH WILL STAY. OKAY. IS THAT, CAN, CAN YOU COME UP SIR? CAN YOU, CAN WE, CAN YOU COME UP TO THE PODIUM IF YOU DON'T MIND? IF YOU CAN. YEAH, I CAN. OKAY. WELL TAKE YOUR TIME. I GOT MY STICK . OKAY. TAKE YOUR TIME. TAKE YOUR TIME. MY SWEET DOG. ME THIS STICK AND MAKE ME STAND UP STRAIGHT INSTEAD. THE CANE . OH MY GOODNESS. WELL, WE'RE GLAD YOU'RE HERE AND IT'S IMPORTANT WHAT YOU HAVE TO TELL US. YOU WANNA MAKE SURE WE GET THIS RIGHT. THANK YOU FOR SPEAKING TO THIS. YES, YES. WE, YOU GOT, SIR, YOU CAN YOU STATE YOUR NAME AND THE, AND ADDRESS FOR THE RECORD, PLEASE? AND YOU'LL CAN WE'LL WORK ON THE REST. YES. YES. MY NAME IS DOYLE ENLOW AND I'M AT, I LIVE IN MANSFIELD, 1820 CLEAR SUMMIT. SUMMIT LANE. UH, 7 6 0 6 3. OKAY, THANK YOU. NOW YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND SPEAK TO, OKAY. THANK YOU TO BRETT MM-HMM . SO I UNDERSTAND THAT THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED HERE. OH, I HAVE THIS COMING TECHNICAL ERRORS TONIGHT. ALL THAT STUFF. GREAT. WHEN IT WORKS, ISN'T IT? WELL, YOU CAN SEE THIS LOCATION HERE. I BELIEVE THIS IS WEATHERFORD ROAD [01:05:01] AS WE EXTEND NORTH, AND THIS IS MULLER ROAD AS IT GOES EAST WEST. SO RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE THINKING IS AN EXTENSION OF WEATHERFORD UP THROUGH THIS ON THE WEST SIDE OF THAT TILLER MM-HMM . FACILITY. UM, AND THEN, SO WHAT WE WOULD DO IS ON THE NEW ONE, WE SHOW THAT CONNECTION ALL THE WAY NORTH, BUT WE GET RID OF THAT CONNECTION EAST, WEST HERE. AND I BELIEVE THAT'S YOUR PROPERTY THERE. UM, THIS, THIS, UH, I HAVE ONE EYE THAT WORKS VERY WELL ON THE OTHER ONE DOESN'T WORK MM-HMM . SO I'M STRUGGLING A LITTLE BIT TO SEE. OKAY. OKAY. SO WHERE THAT, UH, DOUBLE CURVE IS MM-HMM . SO, SO I'M ALMOST THINKING, UM, THAT'S WHERE WE ARE INSTEAD OF, YOU KNOW, AT THE INTERSECTION THERE. YEAH. SO THAT INTERSECTION WOULD BE AT THAT DOUBLE CURVE OF MILLER ROAD. OH, OKAY. THE ONE THAT WE'RE SHOWING THERE. OH, IT WOULD BE, YES. BRETT, COULD YOU USE THE CURSOR BECAUSE I'M, I'M LOST. YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT WE'RE LOST. WE CAN'T, OH, NO, I CAN'T USE THE CURSOR WITH IT. ZOOMED IN, I THINK, BUT ESSENTIALLY, HERE'S ANOTHER ONE. BRETT. THERE'S ANOTHER ONE THERE. IS THAT, DOES THAT ONE WORK? MAYBE HERE? OH, MONICA, TRUST MONICA . MONICA SAID, JUST ASK MONICA. OKAY. SO LET'S ZOOM BACK IN AND, UM, I'LL LET YOU, SO THIS IS THE EXISTING THOROUGHFARE PLAN. MM-HMM . ON THE LEFT. OKAY. SO I BELIEVE THIS IS THE PROPERTY HERE. THIS IS THAT Z CURVE OF MILLER AS YOU'RE DESCRIBING. OKAY. YEAH. SO WEATHERFORD ROAD WE HAVE HERE, AND IT COMES UP HERE AND THEN IT BENDS BACK TO THE LEFT. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS THAT TO GO NORTH AND THEN CONTINUE ON NORTH HERE, SO ON THE EXISTING ONE, WE HAVE THAT INTERSECTION MM-HMM . AND HAVE THIS, BUT THE KEY PART IS THIS PIECE OF, UH, ROADWAY HERE. YEAH. ON THE NEW, WE'RE KEEPING THAT EXTENSION MM-HMM . BUT WE'RE GETTING RID OF THIS CONNECTION HERE THROUGH THERE. SO THIS WOULD NO LONGER GO THROUGH YOUR PROPERTY, EAST TO WEST, BUT THAT NORTH SOUTH CONNECTION WOULD REMAIN. AND THIS IS TO, WE HAVE INTEREST IN THIS LOT HERE THAT WE DO NOT NECESSARILY WANT TO HAVE A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE GOING THROUGH. OKAY. SO I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS A POSITIVE OR A NEGATIVE EFFECT ON YOUR PROPERTY. WELL, BUT THAT WOULD BE THE, THE, THE CHANGE THAT, WHERE YOU JUST PUT THAT LITTLE CURSOR UP THERE WHERE IT'S A LITTLE LIGHTER, IS, IS THAT WHERE THEY ARE? YES. YOU THINKING? YEAH. THAT'S WHAT IT, YOU SEE THAT DOYLE WHERE IT LIGHTENS UP RIGHT THERE. SO THAT'S OUR BUILDING THERE. YEAH, I THINK SO. AND SO THAT ROAD'S GONNA COME UP THE LEFT SIDE OF THE BUILDING, IT LOOKS LIKE TO ME. YES, MA'AM. YES. OKAY. WELL, THE, THE, UH, CLIENT THAT'S BUYING THAT PROPERTY, , WE HAVE A CONTRACT. I, I DON'T, I GUESS WE, WE HAVE TO COMMUNICATE ALL THIS STUFF TO HIM. MM-HMM . HE MAY TAKE MY STICK AWAY. LONG, LONG TERM IT'S GONNA PROVIDE ACCESS TO 2 87 AS WELL AS 67. SO FROM AN ACCESS STANDPOINT, BENEFICIAL FOR FAR. OKAY. MM. THAT'S GOOD TO KNOW. AND THEN, UM, JUST, I, I WOULD LIKE TO SAY IT OUT LOUD. IT IT, BECAUSE IT WAS SPECULATION FROM A NEIGHBOR. HE WAS SAYING THAT HIS THOUGHTS WERE THAT, UM, YOU GUYS WOULD JUST COME IN THERE AND CONDEMN THE PROPERTY. IS THAT NO. NO. OKAY. SO BRENT. BRENT, THAT'S, I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY, UM, BECAUSE I DIDN'T THINK SO, BUT YEAH, SIR. BUT THAT WAS AN IMPORTANT QUESTION I HAD BECAUSE NONE OF WHAT YOU'RE PROPOSING HERE REQUIRES MORE ACQUISITION OF RIGHT. OF AWAY OR ANYTHING. YOU'RE USING EXISTING STUFF OR, SO WHEN WE DEVELOP A THERAPY AND WE TRY TO FOLLOW THE STREET NETWORK AS CLOSE AS WE CAN MM-HMM . NOW OFTENTIMES THOSE STREETS, THEY MAY NOT HAVE ENOUGH RIGHT OF WAY TO DO THE FULL WIDTH, BUT WHAT WE'LL DO IS WE'LL DESIGN THAT ROAD IN CONJUNCTION WITH ALL PROPERTY OWNERS, ALL DEVELOPMENT MM-HMM . TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S A FULLY INVOLVED PROCESS. MM-HMM . AND WE WOULDN'T, WE WOULD NEVER DESIGN A ROAD IN THE DARK OR IN SECRET OR IN A VACUUM. IT WOULD BE WITH FULL COOPERATION OF, OF ALL THE PROPERTY OWNERS EFFECTIVE MM-HMM . SO IN REGARD TO ACQUISITION, AND YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT CONDEMNATION, THAT'S NOT THE FIRST STEP. OUR FIRST STEP IS TO CONTACT THE PROPERTY OWNER AND TRY TO COME TO TERMS WITH ACQUIRING THE PROPERTY. YES. AND FIRST STEP WOULD TO BE TO AVOID PROPERTY AS MUCH AS WE CAN YES. TO BEGIN WITH. AND IF THAT'S NOT POSSIBLE, THEN WE WORK WITH YOU DIRECTLY ON HOW COULD WE ACQUIRE THAT RIGHT AWAY FROM YOU FOR THROUGH SALE. OKAY. [01:10:01] OKAY. AWESOME. AND WHAT IS YOUR NAME? BRETT HUNTSMAN. OKAY. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, SIR. AND I, I'LL GIVE THEM MY CONTACT INFORMATION. YES, PLEASE DO. THAT'S, THANK YOU. I'M LET THAT STICK STICK. DON'T LEAVE THE STICK. YES. THANK YOU, SIR, FOR COMING. AND IT IS SO VERY IMPORTANT THAT WE KNOW THAT WHAT'S GOING ON AND HOW YOU ARE FEELING ABOUT THAT. THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO, FOR, TO COME AND LET US KNOW THAT. THANK YOU SO MUCH. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? UM, I THINK WE'RE CLEAR ON IT. THAT'S, I LOVE IT. I WAS A LITTLE WORRIED ABOUT IT AT FIRST, BUT, UH, SINCE YOU EXPLAINED IT, IT MADE IT CLEAR. PERFECT. RASHAD, DO YOU HAVE ANY PARTING WORDS FOR US ON THAT? UH, WE, WE GOOD. THIS, THIS IS ALL RIGHT AWAY THAT IT'S GONNA BE NEEDED FOR THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT OF THAT AREA. EVERYTHING'S BEEN KIND OF MORE LOCKED IN NOW, HENCE THE REASON WHY WE'RE COMING IN AND FINALIZING WHAT RIGHT OF WAY WIDTHS AND THINGS THAT, THINGS, THINGS THAT, THOSE DETAILS ARE NEEDED. AND THIS EXPERT OVER HERE HAS BEEN WORKING WITH THAT, THEIR TEAM. SO WE'RE GOOD TO GO TO MOVE FORWARD. PERFECT. IF YOU'RE GOOD TO GO, WE'RE GOOD TO GO AS WELL, BECAUSE THAT'S A LOT. AND, UM, IT WAS A REALLY GOOD PRESENTATION YOU DID IN BOARD BRIEFING AS WELL. THANK YOU FOR THAT. AS LONG AS YOU KEEP THOSE STREETS WIDE. . UH, THANK YOU. UH, DO WE HAVE ANY, UH, MORE SPEAKER CARDS? DO WE HAVE ANY SPEAKER CARDS? TIFFANY. OKAY. OKAY. ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON THIS ITEM? YES, MA'AM. COMMISSIONER CHAPMAN. YOU KNOW, I JUST WANNA COMMEND STAFF. WHAT JUST HAPPENED WAS ABSOLUTELY MAGICAL. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT, BECAUSE A CONSTITUENT CAME IN WITH A REAL CONCERN AND WE JUST FIXED IT RIGHT THERE ON THE SPOT. SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR THOROUGHNESS ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE BOARD. YOU GUYS JUST DO OUR CITY PROUD. THANK YOU. YES, THANK YOU. THAT IS WELL DONE. YES. GREAT COMMENTS. THANK YOU. UM, COMMISSIONERS, DO WE HAVE, UH, WOULD ANYBODY LIKE TO ANY MORE DISCUSSION? NO. WHO WOULD LIKE TO TAKE THE, MAKE THIS MOTION IF NOBODY ELSE IS GONNA TAKE IT? I'LL GO AHEAD AND TAKE IT. MAD CHAIR. COMMISSIONER. COMMISSIONER. UM, JANIE KO. I'M JANIE. UH, ARI, SORRY. I'M TIRED. YEAH, I'M, I'M KIND. I'M ALL OH, THAT'S RIGHT. THAT'S RIGHT. I KNOW. UM, MESSED ME UP. WE'RE ALL DELIRIOUS NOW. YEAH. UH, NOW I FORGOT HOW TO DO THIS. OKAY. UH, I'D LIKE TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND APPROVE ITEM, UH, NUMBER NINE CPA DASH 25 DASH ZERO ONE DASH 0 0 2. COMPREHENSIVE PLAN AMENDMENT PER UH, DRCS RECOMMENDATIONS. I SECOND HAVE A MOTION ON THE FLOOR TO APPROVE ITEM NINE BY COMMISSIONER JANIE, ARI, AND A SECOND BY COMMISSIONER ANGELA. LUCKY AS PER DRC RECOMMENDATIONS. ALL IN FAVOR, PLEASE RAISE YOUR HAND. MOTION CARRIES UNANIMOUSLY. THAT BEING THE LAST CASE IS 7:43 PM AND THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. YES. THANK YOU. * This transcript was created by voice-to-text technology. The transcript has not been edited for errors or omissions, it is for reference only and is not the official minutes of the meeting.